guided missile

noun

: a missile whose course may be altered during flight (as by a target-seeking radar device)

Examples of guided missile in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hellfires are air-to-ground precision guided missiles that can be fired from helicopters and other aircraft. —

Allie Raffa, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024 In September 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard reported the crew of the cutter Kimball, during a routine patrol in the Bering Sea, encountered a People's Republic of China guided missile cruiser off Alaska’s Kiska Island. —

Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023 With its sophisticated radar system and Phoenix guided missiles, the F-14 could bring down a target from 100 miles away. —

Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023 One major increase has been in submarines, primarily in the new Borei class missile submarines and Yasen class guided missile submarines. —

Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2021 See all Example Sentences for guided missile

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First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of guided missile was in 1945

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