A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projected, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet
Anything that is thrown as a weapon can be called a missile. The football supporters began throwing missiles, one of which hit the referee. see also cruise missile, guided missile. Rocket-propelled weapon designed to deliver an explosive warhead with great accuracy at high speed. Missiles vary from small tactical weapons effective out to only a few hundred feet to much larger strategic weapons with ranges of several thousand miles. They were not developed in any significant way until after World War II. Almost all contain some form of guidance and control mechanism and are therefore often called guided missiles. An unguided military missile, as well as any launch vehicle used to penetrate the upper atmosphere or place a satellite in space, is usually called a rocket. A propeller-driven underwater missile is called a torpedo, and a guided missile powered along a low, level flight path by an air-breathing jet engine is called a cruise missile. With the development of ICBMs, missiles became central to Cold War strategy. See also antiballistic missile, Minuteman missile, V-1 missile, V-2 missile. intercontinental ballistic missile antiballistic missile cruise missile Cuban missile crisis guided missile Minuteman missile Missile Defense Alarm System Midas Trident missile V 1 missile V 2 missile
Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or engine, so as to strike an object at a distance
{i} object that can be thrown or hurled (stone, arrow, bullet, etc.); weapon which is directed or projected by remote control with the aim of striking a target
A cell with a bomb, which runs up to a target and explodes Good for taking out large groups
A missile is a tube-shaped weapon that travels long distances through the air and explodes when it reaches its target. The authorities offered to stop firing missiles if the rebels agreed to stop attacking civilian targets. nuclear missiles
A general term describing an armament store designed to be dropped or projected from an aircraft or discharged from a gun or projector
A missile is a special case of starship which has no movement capability, whose guns are all spent against a single target, and which self-destructs once it has been fired