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missile, guided

(Encyclopedia)missile, guided: see guided missile. ...

guided missile

(Encyclopedia)guided missile, self-propelled, unmanned space or air vehicle carrying an explosive warhead. Its path can be adjusted during flight, either by automatic self-contained controls or remote human control...

ballistic missile

(Encyclopedia)ballistic missile: see guided missile. ...

antiballistic missile

(Encyclopedia)antiballistic missile: see guided missile. ...

intercontinental ballistic missile

(Encyclopedia)intercontinental ballistic missile: see guided missile. ...

intermediate range ballistic missile

(Encyclopedia)intermediate range ballistic missile: see guided missile. ...

cruise missile

(Encyclopedia)cruise missile, low-flying, continuously powered offensive missile designed to evade defense systems. A cruise missile typically uses an aircraft engine rather than a rocket engine to fly at subsonic ...

Cuban Missile Crisis

(Encyclopedia)Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. In response to the Bay of Pigs Invasion and other American actions against Cuba as well as to P...

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Minuteman Missile National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Redstone Arsenal

(Encyclopedia)Redstone Arsenal, U.S. rocket research and development center, 38,781 acres (15,694 hectares), N Ala., W of Huntsville; est. 1941. One of the state's largest industrial enterprises, it includes the Ar...