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guid·ed missile (gdd)

n.

A self-propelled missile that can be guided while it is in flight.

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guided missile

n

(Military) a missile, esp one that is rocket-propelled, having a flight path controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal preset or self-actuating homing devices See also command guidance, field guidance, homing guidance, inertial guidance, terrestrial guidance

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An unmanned vehicle moving above the surface of the Earth whose trajectory or flight path is capable of being altered by an external or internal mechanism. See also aerodynamic missile; ballistic missile.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

guided missile - a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices ABM, antiballistic missile - a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles; "the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs" buzz bomb, flying bomb, robot bomb, V-1, doodlebug - a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb Exocet - a guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships guidance device, guidance system - a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile) homing device - the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective missile - a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control space probe - a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation SAM, surface-to-air missile - a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target payload, warhead, load - the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

Translations

guided missile

n → ferngelenktes Geschoss, Lenkwaffe f

guided missile n → missile m teleguidato