control rocket

American  

noun

1. a small rocket engine used to make corrections in the flight path of spacecraft or missiles.

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Example Sentences

A control rocket would order nuclear strikes from across Russia’s vast armoury.

From Reuters

Instead, Trump opted to have U.S. military cyber forces carry out a strike against military computer systems used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to control rocket and missile launchers, according to U.S. officials.

From Washington Times

He also approved an offensive cyberstrike that disabled Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches, according to people familiar with the matter.

From Washington Post