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ballistic missile

DEFINITIONS OF: ballistic missile

1

n a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target

Types:
ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
Minuteman
a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos
Type of:
missile
a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
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