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cruise missile
cruise missile Self-propelled,
guided missile that travels, generally at low altitudes, following the contours of the terrain. It has the advantage of being able to fly low enough to avoid conventional radar defences. The siting of American cruise missiles on European soil during the 1980s led to large-scale public demonstrations.
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Cruise missiles: the 'poor man's air force': Bryan Dorn warns that it will be difficult to prevent proliferation of these dangerous weapons.
Newspaper article from: New Zealand International Review; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the emerging ballistic missile threat from North Korea...adversaries are constructing cruise missiles to avoid interception...emergence of the cruise missile threat and the current inability of the missile technology control regime...land-attack cruise missiles and ...
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Cruise missiles' range keeps soldiers out of harm
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 6/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...thrust. With this engine, a cruise missile can fly at 550 miles per hour...fuel stored inside the cruise missile, giving it a range of about...These components give a cruise missile its incredible accuracy...single-car garage." Cruise missiles are also effective at ...
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Cruise missiles: Weapon of choice has some disadvantages
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/19/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and $1.2 million, cruise missiles are far more expensive...assessing damage cruise missiles cause involves fly...In some cases, a cruise missile may do little visible...carry up to 20 cruise missiles, but to avoid extra...
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Cruise Missile Supply at Issue
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/30/1999; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Cruise Missile Supply at Issue...shortage of cruise missiles, increasingly...Surface Standoff Missile, or JASSM, a $3 billion cruise missile program slated...at least 2,400 missiles. Full scale production...
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How a cruise missile works.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune; 2/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...makes it easy for the missile to hit moving targets. The other thing inside the cruise missile tube, of course, is...other words, a cruise missile is a flying robot that...launching one of these missiles from Washington, D...
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Cruise control: a case for missile defense.(cruise missile defenses)
Magazine article from: The National Interest; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...and national missile defense, one...defense against cruise missiles. The analysis...against cruise missiles. A National Cruise Missile Defense THE...certainty that his cruise missiles would reach...plan on cruise missile defense for...
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China's cruise missile program.
Magazine article from: Military Review; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...or land-attack cruise missile threat to...the barriers to cruise-missile proliferation...components used in cruise missiles are common to commercial...manufacture cruise missile airframes using...easily produce cruise missiles. China is also...option for ...
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How Stuff Works: Cruise missiles: sophisticated yet simple
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 7/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...thrust. With this engine, a cruise missile can fly at 550 mph. There...fuel stored inside the cruise missile, giving it a range of about...These components give a cruise missile its incredible accuracy...single-car garage." Cruise missiles are also effective at ...
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Pentagon scrambles to avert cruise missile shortage
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 3/31/1999; 700+ words
; ...scrambles to avert cruise missile shortage zB1 By...shortage of cruise missiles, increasingly...Surface Standoff Missile, or JASSM, a $3 billion cruise missile program slated...at least 2,400 missiles. Full scale production...
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GAO Says Feds Lax in Countering Cruise Missile, UAV Threats
Magazine article from: Arms Control Today; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...reach their target. Cruise missiles and UAVs are powered...characteristics of cruise missiles and UAVs are also very...aircraft. The Patriot missile defense system's...export almost 200 fewer cruise missiles during the reviewed...claimed. Past cruise missile ...
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Cruise Missile
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Cruise Missile Cruise missiles come in several varieties...switches on once the missile nears its target...with the Threat of Cruise Missiles. New York: Oxford...the Strategic Cruise Missile. New York: Praeger...
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cruise missile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cruise missile low-flying, continuously...cruise missile, the cruise missile did not realize its potential...with pinpoint accuracy. The missile, which flies at altitudes...adjust its course. A cruise missile can deliver conventional or...conventional Tomahawk ...
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Ballistic missiles
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...x2014; is a ballistic missile. Missiles that do not deliver a free-falling payload, such as cruise missiles (which fly to their targets...airplanes), are not ballistic missiles. A ballistic missile has two basic components...
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guided missile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...employed V-1 and V-2 missiles against Great Britain...V-1 was the first cruise missile; it was powered through...short-range ballistic missiles. Cruise missiles , which are launched like a missile but use flipout wings...
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Ballistic Missiles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
...x2588; LARRY GILMAN Any missile that lofts an explosive...x2014; is a ballistic missile. Missiles that do not deliver...such as engine powered cruise missiles (which fly to their...ballistic." A ballistic missile has two basic components...
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