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control rocket

noun

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



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

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

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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.

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President Trump approved an offensive cyberstrike that disabled Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches, even as he backed away from a conventional military attack in response to its downing Thursday of an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone, according to people familiar with the matter.

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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.

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