Word Finder - missile

definition

Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.

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The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.

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A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.

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That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.

She dodged a pillow missile and retrieved it from the floor.

Another missile slammed into the street, and the building around her shook.

This was done in large part because the two powers came so close to going to war over the Cuban Missile Crisis.

There are missile strikes on this side now.

The missile fire stopped when the helo retreated.

Tell him I locked down all missile strikes on domestic territory.

Lana stood and moved to the far side of the rocks, facing the area where the missile fire fell.

The design is wingless, with aerodynamic tail control giving a fast, highly agile missile.

Next time you shouldn't run through a missile strike.

The jets came from the west, beyond the river, a realization that didn't register until the ground shook under the impact of the first laser missile strike dropped.

Each frigate had a Wasp helicopter whilst a Wessex was detached from one of the guided missile destroyers and housed on the oiler.

Show them a cruise missile or a map, and they become more ferocious than the generals.

You will get the opportunity not only drive tanks and missile carriers but also take part in musket firing and all things military.

We descended onto the deck of the Russian destroyer 356, a missile frigate that had once belonged to the Soviet Navy.

Mr Monkey visits a small funfair, examines a Soviet missile launcher, then watches a torchlit parade and a lot of loud fireworks.

June 19th - - Straits Times - Kim's nuclear gambit a missile too far?

At the heart of the present impasse is US planning for national missile defense.

Critical elements of the program, such as the booster rocket for the missile interceptor, have yet to be tested.

The " hit-to-kill " PAC-3 Missile is the world's most capable air and missile defense interceptor.

They catch him just as his missile launcher locks onto a plane, so the armed response team shoots him dead.

Yes, Clinton launched a cruise missile attack on the mountains of Afghanistan.

Over the same period, the Soviet Union built 4 new classes of submarine-launched ballistic missiles and over 60 new missile submarines.

Conservatives disparaged the President's commitment to missile defense, suspecting an elaborate conspiracy to deny them the prize they seek.

The OKO spy satellite system reports multiple US missile launches.

Last year's events of testing and the development of long-range missiles and development of missile defenses have become worrisome.

Washington blamed bin Laden and retaliated with missile strikes on his alleged bases in Afghanistan and Sudan.

Now I'll turn to a brief run-down of some significant missile programs apart from those I 've already discussed.

Iraq is thought to have prepared anthrax spores to survive a trip in a scud missile by using a fine powdered clay based formulation.

An intercept test using a half power laser against a short-range missile is planned for late 2004.

It 's not like they 're building top secret missile silos.

He says the missile 's motors are contained within aluminum tubing.

This would, for example, impede China from placing multiple warheads on a mobile missile.

There was a nuclear warhead for this missile, code named Indigo Hammer.

With the wingtip missile rails removed and the trailing edge reshaped they are almost a perfect match.

Last year 's events of testing and the development of long-range missiles and development of missile defenses have become worrisome.

Do you remember Tapper, Berzerk and Missile Command?

This anthology offers a wide selection of these games, including Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, BattleZone and Star Raiders.

The first player selects the coordinates of his missile strike and enters them using the corresponding numbers and letters of the blue and yellow buttons on the game unit and then presses the "Fire" button.

Players hear the sound of the missile as it is fired at the opponent's ships.

If the missile strikes its target players hear the sound of the explosion and the corresponding square on the bottom grid of the opponent's side of the board will flash red.

If the missile missed its target, place a white peg in the corresponding square on the top grid.

The second player selects the coordinates of his missile strike and the process is repeated.

Where hard cases are concerned, the Cargo Deluxe Guard Travel Case looks protective enough to transport a missile, and yet it's suitably small enough for your club case.

A watch that can perform functions necessary to run a clandestine attack, time a missile launch or alert foot soldiers as to how far away their enemy is does have a certain appeal that other watches do not.

The system included two missile launchers, an official at the Pentagon said on condition of anonymity.

Last week the US presented the UN with intelligence reports showing that Iraq had converted trucks into mobile missile launchers.

The number of submarines, bombers and ballistic missile launchers capable of delivering nuclear weapons has been reduced.

The skin friction of the missile at those speeds at those altitudes would melt any metals or nonmetals available.

In this case we have shutdown of strategic nuclear missiles coincident with UFO sighting over a missile silo!

This was a problem facing the US Navy in the development of the Polaris missile system.