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a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
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projectile,
rocket a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
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weapon system,
weapon,
arm any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
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air-to-air missile a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another
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air-to-ground missile,
air-to-surface missile a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground
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ballistic missile a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target
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guided missile a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
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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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nose a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"
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sidewinder small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve
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a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
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projectile |
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weapon system,
weapon,
arm any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
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arrow a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
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throw stick,
boomerang,
throwing stick a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
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bullet,
slug a projectile that is fired from a gun
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cannon ball,
cannonball,
round shot a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
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dart a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
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seeker a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
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pellet,
shot a small sphere
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