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Definition of Intercontinental ballistic missile
1. Noun. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
Definition of Intercontinental ballistic missile
1. Noun. A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads. Abbreviation: ICBM ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Literary usage of Intercontinental ballistic missile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. U. S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's edited by Christopher Cox (1999)
"The PLA is currently developing two road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile
systems. It also has under development a submarine-launched ballistic ..."
2. Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force by Robert Frank Futrell (1989)
"Believing that the strategic necessity for the intercontinental ballistic missile
was at least as urgent as the wartime development of the atomic bomb, ..."
3. Ballistic Missile Defense Programs: Congressional Hearings edited by Strom Thurmond (2000)
"... long-range missile, up to and including intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
range,2 within about 5 years of deciding to do so. ..."
4. Ballistic Missile Defense: Responding to the Current Ballistic Missile edited by Robert L Ehrlich (2000)
"The threat to the United States by an intercontinental ballistic missile is 15
years down the road. Why spend taxpayer dollars for a remote threat that is ..."
5. Missile Defense: Actions Are Needed to Enhance Testing and Accountability by Robert E. Levin, Barbara Haynes (2004)
"2 The terms "intercontinental ballistic missile" and "long-range ballistic missile"
are used interchangeably. 3 These modifications include: the ..."
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