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ICBM

abbr.

intercontinental ballistic missile

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ICBM

abbreviation for

(Military) intercontinental ballistic missile: a missile with a range greater than 5500 km

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ICBM

or I.C.B.M.,

intercontinental ballistic missile.

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Noun

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

intercontinental ballistic missile

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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ICBM

[ˌaɪsiːbiːˈɛm] n abbr (=intercontinental ballistic missile) → ICBM m, engin m balistique à portée intercontinentale

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

ICBM

abbr of intercontinental ballistic missile → Interkontinentalrakete f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ICBM

[ˌaɪsiːbiːˈɛm] n abbr =intercontinental ballistic missile → ICBM m inv

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North Korea built the ICBMs in response to the proximity of US presence, the 'defense' missiles in their South Korea bases.

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Bruce Blair, a Princeton specialist on nuclear disarmament who once served as an ICBM launch control officer, says the president would have at most 10 minutes to decide whether to fire America's own land-based ICBMs at Russia.