cruise missile

noun

1. a winged guided missile designed to deliver a conventional or nuclear warhead by flying at low altitudes to avoid detection by radar.

cruise missile

noun

1. an air-breathing low-flying subsonic missile that is continuously powered and guided throughout its flight and carries a warhead

cruise missile

1. A military missile equipped with an onboard computer that allows it to guide itself on a preprogrammed course over long distances by sensing the terrain and comparing it to maps stored in its memory. (See smart weapons (see also smart weapons).)

Cruise missiles first came into public awareness during the Persian Gulf War.

Example Sentences

This is a much higher domestic political risk than cruise missile strikes or B-2 bomber raids.

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In October, President Zelensky flew to Washington, hoping to secure long-range, U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles.

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One day it’s a chocolate-chocolate chip cruise missile, nuclear propelled and nuclear tipped.

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Ukraine has used those it has primarily for firing off its limited stockpile of French and British cruise missiles and to chase down some Russian drones and missiles.

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She and her team developed the Flamingo, a long-range cruise missile that President Volodymyr Zelensky has called “our most successful missile.”

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