An early type of guided missile developed by the U.S. Navy.

Military. (A device in) a missile which locates its target by detecting emissions of heat, light, radio waves, etc. Cf. heat-seeker n. at heat, n.…

(a) colloquial (also with lower-case initial in the first element) a truthful, trustworthy, or sincere man; (b) a type of surface-to-surface…

Any of a range of surface-to-air guided missiles developed by the U.S., initially as defensive weapons. Usually attributive.

(a) a heat-seeking missile; (b) a device which detects infra-red radiation and the direction from which it comes and supplies the information to…

A missile designed to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles. Abbreviated ABM.

A type of submarine-launched ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear warheads, formerly in service with the U.S. and British navies.

A type of short-range (and later medium-range) surface-to-surface ballistic missile. Frequently attributive, esp. in Pershing missile.

surface-to-air missile.

a weapon in the form of a guided pilotless jet aircraft carrying a warhead and able to fly at low altitudes.

Military. (In form Seacat or Sea Cat.) The name of a short-range, ship-to-air, guided missile (system).

In form Minuteman. A type of three-stage intercontinental ballistic missile. More fully Minuteman missile.

anti-ballistic missile (cf. I.C.B.M. n. at I, n.1 initialisms).

(With capital initial.) A short-range U.S. surface-to-surface ballistic missile system designed to be used chiefly with nuclear warheads; a missile…

A proprietary name for a kind of rocket-propelled short-range guided missile used esp. in tactical sea warfare. Frequently attributive in Exocet m…

An instrument or weapon with three prongs. esp. (With capital initial.) (a) The name of a type of U.S. nuclear-powered submarine designed to carry…

an experimental intercontinental ballistic missile with multiple warheads, designed to be easily movable from one location to another; also attrib…

Military. With capital initial. The name of a type of lightweight, shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missile with infrared homing, manufactured in…

Short for cruise missile n. at compounds below.

Military (originally U.S.). With capital initial. A type of long-range subsonic cruise missile used by the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy…

a missile which can destroy an enemy missile in its silo.

any of various typically medium-range nuclear weapons deployed by NATO in Western Europe during the Cold War.

a defence strategy conceived as part of the U.S. Strategic Defence Initiative in which incoming enemy missiles are intercepted and destroyed by…