ballistic missile

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nounRocketry.
  1. any missile that, after being launched and possibly guided during takeoff, travels unpowered in a ballistic trajectory.

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1
First recorded in 1950–55

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ballistic missile

noun
  1. a missile that has no wings or fins and that follows a ballistic trajectory when its propulsive power is discontinued

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