targetableadj.
a. Of nuclear missiles or warheads: capable of being aimed at a target.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [adjective] > other attributes
proximity-fused1945
surface-to-air1950
surface-to-surface1951
heat-seeking1956
ship-to-air1957
targetable1968
silo-busting1970
1968 N.Y. Times 8 Apr. 46 The United States will in the next few years add to its arsenal missiles capable of putting into space a number of individually targetable warheads.
1968 Economist 6 July 10/2 Both in submarine-borne and land-based missiles the Americans have established a lead over the Russians in the development of MIRVs (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles).
1982 M. Duke Flashpoint xxi. 151 Minuteman-III, with its multiple independently targetable warheads.
b. Of military installations or equipment, etc.: that may be picked out as a target.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adjective] > type of, generally
steel1340
invasible1489
saultable1570
expugnatory1601
long-handled1611
shaftless1811
incendiary1871
conventional1955
targetable1972
1972 Sci. Amer. June 15/3 Land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles..can readily be located with the aid of surveillance satellites, so that they must be regarded as ‘targetable’ in the event of an enemy first strike.
1981 Sci. Amer. Feb. 20/3 Silos are targetable.
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