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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This new Type 093 variant is expected to enhance the Chinese navy's anti-surface warfare capability and could provide a land-attack option if equipped with cruise missiles, with China placing a high priority on modernizing its submarine force, the report said.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Flying into action with gravity bombs, and later glide bombs and cruise missiles, the Su-24s suffered heavy losses.
—David Axe, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
By many accounts, the previous Iranian attack against Israel on April 13 – which consisted of over 300 ballistic and cruise missiles and attack drones – caused very little damage to Israel.
—Aaron Pilkington, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2024
Between 2021 and early 2024, China’s defense industrial base produced more than 400 modern fighter aircraft and 20 large warships, doubled the country’s nuclear warhead inventory and more than doubled its inventory of ballistic and cruise missiles, and developed a new stealth bomber.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Flying into action with gravity bombs, and later glide bombs and cruise missiles, the Su-24s suffered heavy losses.
—David Axe, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
By many accounts, the previous Iranian attack against Israel on April 13 – which consisted of over 300 ballistic and cruise missiles and attack drones – caused very little damage to Israel.
—Aaron Pilkington, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2024
Between 2021 and early 2024, China’s defense industrial base produced more than 400 modern fighter aircraft and 20 large warships, doubled the country’s nuclear warhead inventory and more than doubled its inventory of ballistic and cruise missiles, and developed a new stealth bomber.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Cruise missile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruise%20missile. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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