cruise missile
noun
: a guided missile that has a terrain-following radar system and that flies at moderate speed and low altitude
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Ukraine has ramped up its domestic defense production, achieving an eightfold year-over-year increase in cruise missile manufacturing in 2024, according to Herman Smetanin, Minister of Strategic Industries.
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Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
In 2023, Tokyo committed to a major defense buildup, including plans to acquire U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles.
—Lynn Kuok, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
As Iran braces for a counterattack, the Revolutionary Guard shoots down a Ukrainian passenger plane shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport, reportedly mistaking it for a U.S. cruise missile.
—Associated Press, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Separately, the Ukrainian Army General Staff said that its attack at Engels military airfield in Russia on March 20 had destroyed 96 air-to-air cruise missiles and significant reserves of aviation fuel.
—John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
In 2023, Tokyo committed to a major defense buildup, including plans to acquire U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles.
—Lynn Kuok, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
As Iran braces for a counterattack, the Revolutionary Guard shoots down a Ukrainian passenger plane shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport, reportedly mistaking it for a U.S. cruise missile.
—Associated Press, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Separately, the Ukrainian Army General Staff said that its attack at Engels military airfield in Russia on March 20 had destroyed 96 air-to-air cruise missiles and significant reserves of aviation fuel.
—John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Cruise missile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruise%20missile. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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