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cruise missile

巡航导弹,导弹,航行导弹,游弋导弹

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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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Examples

  • 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.