solid propellant

American  

noun

1. a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer.

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Example Sentences

Last year, two ships linked to an Iranian state company left China loaded with 1,000 tons of a material that could be used to make a main ingredient for a solid propellant of some 260 midrange missiles, The Wall Street Journal has reported.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two Iranian ships have been sailing from China with tons of sodium perchlorate, a main ingredient for producing solid propellant for ballistic missiles, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its built-in solid propellant makes launches harder to detect than liquid-fueled missiles, which must be fueled for liftoffs.

From Seattle Times

Its built-in solid propellant makes launches harder for outsiders to detect than liquid-fueled missiles, which must be fueled before liftoffs.

From Seattle 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