ICBM

Or I.C.B.M.

abbreviation

1. intercontinental ballistic missile.

ICBM

abbreviation

1. intercontinental ballistic missile: a missile with a range greater than 5500 km

Example Sentences

A new ICBM, laser weapons, even robotic dogs.

From BBC

And Northrop Grumman, maker of the B-21 Raider bomber and Sentinel ICBM, two legs of America’s “modernized” nuclear triad, has seen its shares increase by more than 1,400%.

From Salon

All of the capsules will be closed down in a few years, as the military’s new ICBM, the Sentinel, comes online.

From Seattle Times

But even a solid-fuel ICBM, mounted on a giant transporter-erector-launch vehicle, must be rolled out of cover – a bunker, tunnel, warehouse or even from under a bridge – before being elevated and fired.

From Washington Times

“There’s nothing new here technically as far as I can tell at this early stage, but they’re certainly growing increasingly confident in their new solid propellant ICBM.”

From Seattle Times