Definitions of brilliant pebble
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a code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles
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type of:
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heat-seeking missile
a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
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heat-seeking missile
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