brilliant pebble

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brilliant pebble - a code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles

heat-seeking missile - a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)

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heat-seeking missile			A constellation of small, autonomous, kinetic-energy interceptors, Brilliant Pebbles would detect and destroy ballistic missiles in their boost, postboost, and early midcourse phases of flight. Deterrence and space-based missile defense by Frederick, Lorinda A. / Air & Space Power Journal CAPTION(S): CLASS ACT: Clive Brittain's brilliant Pebbles Hoofprints; GALLOPING BACK IN TIME by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) To overcome these problems, the SDI Organization (SDIO) replaced SBI with Brilliant Pebbles (BP). Space and missile defense by Baucom, Donald R. / Joint Force Quarterly			brightness brightness constancy brightness level Brighton Brighton and Hove brights Brightsome brightwork Brigid Brigit Brigit Nilsson Brigose Brigue Brihaspati brik Brike brill Brillance Brillancy Brillante Brillat-Savarin brilliance brilliancy brilliant Brilliant green brilliant pebble brilliantine brilliantly Brilliantness Brillo pad Brills brim brim over brimful brimfull Brimless Brimmed brimmer Brimming brimstone Brimstony Brin Brinded Brindisi brindle brindled Brindley brine Brine fly Brine gauge Brine pan			Brilliant Border Collies Brilliant Career School brilliant cresyl blue brilliant cresyl blue brilliant cresyl blue Brilliant cut brilliant cuts Brilliant Digital Entertainment Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. Brilliant Eyes Brilliant Eyes Brilliant Eyes Cryocooler Technology Experiment Brilliant Flash of the Obvious brilliant green brilliant green brilliant green agar brilliant green agar brilliant green agar brilliant green agar with novobiocin Brilliant Green Bile Brilliant Green Bile Broth Brilliant Green Lactose Bile Brilliant Haute Couture Brilliant Horizon Consulting Brilliant Ideal Cut Brilliant Institute of Hospitality Management Brilliant IT Brilliant IT Solutions Brilliant Minds Think Alike Brilliant Minds Think In Parallel Gutters brilliant pebble Brilliant Pebble program Brilliant Pebbles Brilliant Pebbles Brilliant Systems Architecture Brilliant Uncirculated brilliant-cut Brilliant-Lerman, Varvara Brilliant-Lerman, Varvara Aleksandrovna brilliantine brilliantine brilliantined brilliantined brilliantly brilliantly brilliantly brilliantness brilliantness brilliantness brilliants brilliants brilliants Brillo Brillo Pad Brillo pads Brillo-pad Brillouin and Langevin functions Brillouin Function Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry Brillouin scattered

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