ballistic missile
any missile that, after being launched and possibly guided during takeoff, travels unpowered in a ballistic trajectory.
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Inter-continental ballistic missiles, the descendants of those earlier V-2s, are designed to carry thermonuclear payloads into space before crashing back to Earth with catastrophic effect.
This space-based weapon remains in the dark—for now | Kelsey D. Atherton | August 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe submarine-launched missiles, the intercontinental ballistic missiles, the land-based leg of the triad, the bombers — all of these are aging.
These Jobs Were Not Posted on ZipRecruiter (Ep. 473) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 26, 2021 | FreakonomicsHe was an advocate of nuclear arms control and led opposition to Bush’s plan for a ballistic missile defense system on grounds that it was too untested to warrant expensive implementation.
Carl Levin, six-term Michigan senator who garnered bipartisan respect, dies at 87 | Michael H. Brown | July 30, 2021 | Washington PostThe most fantastical, and least attainable, vision for directed energy set out by the Air Force is using it to thwart ballistic missiles.
The US military wants force fields that could stop nuclear missiles | Rob Verger | July 29, 2021 | Popular-ScienceBoth Ri and Pak were major figures in the program for test-firing ballistic missiles and developing nuclear warheads, which has been out of the news of late while Kim tries to fire up his economy.
New Kim Jong Un Purge Suggests North Korea Is in Deep Shit | Donald Kirk | July 9, 2021 | The Daily Beast
Russia is also working on new a fleet of ballistic missile submarines, attack submarines to operate under the ice caps.
Instead Israel embarked on building an anti-tactical ballistic missile program called Arrow.
Imagine a plane fast enough to catch up with an invading ballistic missile and shoot it down.
Pushbutton War | Joseph P. MartinoThe parallel progress in the intercontinental ballistic missile effort will be advanced by our plans for acceleration.
The Arias intercontinental ballistic missile program has been marked by rapid development as evidenced by recent successful tests.
The new M-X missile program to enhance our land-based intercontinental ballistic missile force continues to make progress.
British Dictionary definitions for ballistic missile
a missile that has no wings or fins and that follows a ballistic trajectory when its propulsive power is discontinued
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