intercontinental ballistic missile

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intercontinental ballistic missile [ˌɪntəˌkɒntɪˈnɛnt^əl]

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a missile that follows a ballistic trajectory and has the range to carry a nuclear bomb over 5500 km Abbreviation ICBM

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intercontinental ballistic missile - a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another

ICBM

ballistic missile - a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target

Minuteman - a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos

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