guided missile

Noun
  1. A rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices (synset 103471094)
    is a type of: missile - a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
    subtypes:
    • abm, antiballistic missile - a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles
    • buzz bomb, doodlebug, flying bomb, robot bomb, v-1 - a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
    • exocet - a guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships
    • space probe - a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation
    • sam, surface-to-air missile - a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
    has:
    • guidance device, guidance system - a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile)
    • homing device - the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective
    • load, payload, warhead - the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

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