cruise missile
巡航导弹,导弹,航行导弹,游弋导弹
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- : a winged guided missile designed to deliver a conventional or nuclear warhead by flying at low altitudes to avoid detection by radar.
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When the United States and its cruise missiles arrived, major construction started at the base.
North Korea has built cruise missiles before, but none with the range of the weapons in their weekend test.
These troops are joined by a steady increase in warplanes, attack helicopters, tanks, cruise missiles and all the other matériel necessary for a conventional invasion.
Its 24 heavyweight weapons, naval cruise missiles, F21 torpedoes, and anti-ship missiles, would be launched from both torpedo tubes on the sides and at the rear of the vessel.
Ships bells, submarine periscopes, cruise missiles and huge Civil War guns are among them.
The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple.
These skills are particularly needed when, as in the case of the AirAsia flight, the airplane is at cruise altitude.
Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
We know that the skies are open season for all manner of drone traffic, from missile launchers to beer droppers.
In the later stages of the war, the American-made Stinger missile was introduced and wreaked havoc among the Soviet helicopters.
And Jack come home from a long cruise, with prize-money in his pockets, was as ostentatious as any nouveau riche.
Yet in doing this they usually seem to have no idea of aim, but toss the missile aimlessly into the air.
But the latter, who was watching him, dodged the missile, which struck into the wall a few inches from his head.
And every boy made a dash for the camp to secure anything he might need on a cruise down the bay.
In his first cruise he was out forty-five days, and in that time he captured fourteen vessels and 166 prisoners.