An intermediate-range missile (3,000-5,500 kilometers) that sustains flight through the use of aerodynamic lift. Cruise missiles may carry either a nuclear or conventional warhead and be launched from the air, ground, or sea.
a guided missile that flies to its target close to the earth's surface. They can be launched from aircraft, ships, submarines or land sites.
a very accurate flying bomb. After it is fired from a ship or dropped from an airplane, a cruise missile flies under the power of its own jet engine. It steers itself toward the target with pinpoint accuracy by comparing its view of the ground via a built-in video camera with a map stored in its computer memory.
A guided missile that has a terrain following system and flies at moderate speed and low altitude.
As defined by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a cruise missile is "an unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that sustains flight through the use of aerodynamic lift over most of its flight path." Such a missile may carry either a nuclear or conventional warhead (see Air-Launched Cruise Missile, Ground- Launched Cruise Missile, and Sea-Launched Cruise Missile).
an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb
an unmanned, armed aircraft that can be launched from another aircraft, ship, submarine, or ground-based launcher to attack ships or ground-based targets
a pilotless aircraft carrying explosives, which can be flown to the enemy and there exploded
a small, pilotless airplane which can fly close to the ground
A pilotless, jet propelled guided missile. Cruise missiles may be armed with conventional or nuclear warheads and launched from either aircraft, submarines, or land-based platforms.
A missile using a low altitude trajectory intended to avoid detection by radar systems. Cruise missiles have shorter range and lower payloads than ballistic missiles, usually, and are not known to carry MIRVs.
a missile that remains under powered flight until it reaches its target (as opposed to a ballistic missile).
a slow, low-flying, highly accurate missile that resembles a pilotless airplane.
a long range jet- propelled, winged-bomb which can be launched from land, sea, or air and targeted by remote control; usually considered to be more accurate and low-flying than traditional missiles
A cruise missile is a guided missile which uses a lifting wing and most often a jet propulsion system to allow sustained flight. A Cruise missile is, in essence, a flying bomb. They are generally designed to carry a large conventional or nuclear warhead many hundreds of miles with excellent accuracy.
