society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > aim or aiming > controlling from a distance (2)
The action or practice of remotely controlling or directing a machine or device, esp. a missile; (also) the branch of science and technology…
figurative. The action or practice of indirectly or unofficially controlling someone or something that is ostensibly independent. Now chiefly West Af…