command guidance

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command guidance

(Astronautics) a method of controlling a missile during flight by transmitting information to it

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command guidance

A guidance system wherein intelligence transmitted to the missile from an outside source causes the missile to traverse a directed flight path.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun

command guidance - a method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missile

steering, guidance, direction - the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

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