cruise missile
noun
: a guided missile that has a terrain-following radar system and that flies at moderate speed and low altitude
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With tanks, howitzers, and cruise missile launchers on display, the spectacle is designed to evoke strength.
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Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Russia has conducted extensive attacks on Ukraine in recent days, in what is being viewed as retaliation for an audacious drone operation by Kyiv that debilitated more than a third of Moscow’s strategic cruise missile carriers.
—Todd Symons, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
When Iran attacked Israel twice last year with hundreds of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, Israel needed a U.S.-led coalition to protect its airspace.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2025
Ukraine's air force said at the time that Russia had fired 472 attack drones, three hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles and four cruise missiles at the country between Saturday evening and early Sunday.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Russia has conducted extensive attacks on Ukraine in recent days, in what is being viewed as retaliation for an audacious drone operation by Kyiv that debilitated more than a third of Moscow’s strategic cruise missile carriers.
—Todd Symons, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
When Iran attacked Israel twice last year with hundreds of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, Israel needed a U.S.-led coalition to protect its airspace.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2025
Ukraine's air force said at the time that Russia had fired 472 attack drones, three hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles and four cruise missiles at the country between Saturday evening and early Sunday.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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“Cruise missile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruise%20missile. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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