missileman
Americannoun
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missilemen
plural
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a person who builds, designs, launches, or operates guided missiles.
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a technician or scientist whose work pertains to missilery.
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Chris Sembroski, 42, a data engineer and former Air Force missileman from Everett, entered an open lottery by donating to St. Jude.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2021
Pemberton, who is from New Bedford, Mass., enlisted in the Marine Corps last year and serves as an anti-tank missileman, according to the Marine Corps Times.
From Washington Post
"After three years," said the wife of a Radio Corp. of America missileman, "you get used to it."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Conducting tests on the Cape," said one missileman, "is like performing research in a fish bowl."
From Time Magazine Archive
An instant later, the missileman, in his turret overhead, shouted: "Missile coming up; counter-missile off!"
From The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper
"Also, strategic missilemen will carry out a set of measures to camouflage and counter modern aerial reconnaissance means in cooperation with formations and units of the Central Military District and the Aerospace Forces."
From Reuters ● Mar. 29, 2023
Instead of jerry-building new security barricades, reasoned some Monday-morning missilemen, the Pentagon should try to see that the public is not again gulled by over-optimistic news stories.
From Time Magazine Archive
U.S. missilemen at the Pentagon and Cape Canaveral studied the figures, agreed that the Russians were ahead in terms of weight of payload, propulsion power, general rocket reliability.
From Time Magazine Archive
The assurances were part of a year-long "education" program mounted by U.S. missilemen in Utah and New Mexico to pave the way for the first prolonged series of missile shots over populated areas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some reporters estimate that a good 10% of the missile information that is leaked to them would materially aid Soviet missilemen if printed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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