missileer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of missileer
Example Sentences
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“It’s frustrating to know they had thought of this back then,” said Doreen Jenness, whose husband, Jason Jenness, was a Malmstrom missileer who died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2001 at the age of 31.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
What’s notable about those reported numbers is that the missileer community is very small.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
“It is a rare opportunity for a missileer to actually launch a missile,” said Lt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2017
Nuclear weapons duty is a deadly serious business, but it’s not without room for a pinch of missileer humor.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2014
To aim any missile with accuracy, a missileer must know his own geographic position within a fraction of a mile.
From Time Magazine Archive
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