sea-launched cruise missile

  • 1sea-launched cruise missile — a cruise missile launched by surface ships or submarines against land or sea targets and equipped with nuclear or conventional warheads, with a range of 2210 miles (3556 km). Abbr.: SLCM, S.L.C.M. * * * …

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  • 2sea-launched cruise missile — a cruise missile launched by surface ships or submarines against land or sea targets and equipped with nuclear or conventional warheads, with a range of 2210 miles (3556 km). Abbr.: SLCM, S.L.C.M …

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  • 3SLCM (abréviation de Sea Launched Cruise Missile) — ● SLCM (abréviation de Sea Launched Cruise Missile) Missile de croisière lancé à partir d une plate forme marine …

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  • 4cruise missile — a winged guided missile designed to deliver a conventional or nuclear warhead by flying at low altitudes to avoid detection by radar. * * * Type of low flying strategic guided missile developed by the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1960s and… …

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  • 5Cruise Missile — Boeing AGM 86A Marschflugkörper der US Air Force BGM 109 Tomahawk der US Navy Ein Marschflugkörper od …

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  • 6Cruise missile — United States Tomahawk cruise missile A modern Tau …

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  • 7Cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (August 1998) — Operation Infinite Reach Part of the Post Cold War era Pharmaceutical factory in Shifa, Sudan destroyed during Operation …

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  • 8Cruise missile submarine — This article is about guided missile submarines. For the Special Service Group of Pakistan (SSGN), see Special Service Group Navy. USS Florida, a U.S. Navy Ohio class submarine. A cruise missile submarine is a submarine that can launch… …

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  • 9Submarine-launched ballistic missile — A Trident II D5 nuclear missile. It is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads up to 8,000 km. They are carried by 14 US Navy Ohio class submarines and 4 Royal Navy Vanguard class submarines A submarine launched ballistic missile… …

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  • 10rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction       any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion.       Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …

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