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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Missile \Mis"sile\, a. [L. missils, fr. mittere, missum, to cause to go, to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf. F. missile. Cf. Admit , Dismiss , Mass the religious service, Message , Mission .] Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or ...
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Missile is a 1987 American documentary film by Frederick Wiseman . It chronicles the 14 week training course for the men and women of the United States Air Force who are charged with manning the ICBM silos in remote places like Minot AFB and Whiteman AFB ...
Usage examples of missile.
No missile this, but a capsule containing a full ton of allotropic iron, which would be of more use to the Nevian defenders than millions of men.
Earlier, NSA had succeeded in intercepting a weak beacon transponder signal transmitted from a small spiral antenna on the tail of the Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air missile.
Americans had anticipated that the Iraqis would turn to their arsenal of surface-to-surface missiles.
In addition to tankers and medical and repair ships, HQ is assigning two complete service squadrons of fast freighters for the specific purpose of assuring us an adequate supply of the new missile pods.
Thoth missiles depended on a direct line of sight communication, and employed an autocorrelation system that was nearly impossible to jam, even with brute force.
He screamed as a heavy ballista bolt shot from the armada and the steel-tipped missile pierced the roof of the Armory.
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Iraq of its extant WMD and ballistic missile arsenal as well as its capability to produce new such weapons.
They were also convinced that the Iraqis had retained the know-how and probably much of the equipment they needed to rebuild their WMD and ballistic missile arsenals and to get back to work building nuclear weapons.
Finally, with European assistance, Iraq had achieved an important technological breakthrough, modifying its old Russian-made Scud ballistic missiles to more than double their normal range of three hundred kilometers, albeit with less accuracy and a lighter warhead.
In particular, the Arabs praised him for his creation of a powerful arsenal of ballistic missiles and WMD, which they hoped would allow Baghdad to champion Arab causes against Israel.
Iraq had held on to a secret stash of chemical and biological munitions along with more than forty modified Scud ballistic missiles.
Iraq has retained ballistic missiles, as well as chemical and biological warfare munitions.
In another shortsighted mistake, UNSC Resolution 687 allowed Iraq to retain ballistic missiles with ranges under 150 kilometers and to continue to perform research and development on such missiles.
As should have been anticipated, Iraq has used this loophole to maintain an active ballistic missile development program.