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
"Perhaps people sense that something momentous is about to occur," wrote a U.S. missileman in Alamogordo, N. Mex., a missile town whose population has increased since 1950 from 7,000 to 25,000.
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
Allen's design has since been adopted by missilemen throughout the industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leonid Sedov, often an official spokesman for Soviet missilemen, declared that each of the three Soviet carrier rockets that orbited the earth weighed considerably more.
From Time Magazine Archive
More and more missilemen suspect that the real problem is Martin's management.
From Time Magazine Archive
In New York City last week, Astro-Space Laboratories, Inc. demonstrated the latest ballistocardiograph,* which was developed with the aid of missilemen.
From Time Magazine Archive
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