noun. An object or weapon that is fired, thrown, dropped, or otherwise projected at a target; a projectile.

noun. A guided missile.

noun. A ballistic missile.

Capable of being thrown; adapted to be hurled by the hand, or discharged from a weapon, as from a sling, bow, or gun, or from a military engine.

noun. Anything thrown for the purpose of hitting something; specifically, a weapon or projectile designed for throwing or discharging, as a lance, an arrow, a bullet, or a cannon-ball.

adjective. Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or engine{2}, so as to strike an object at a distance.

noun. A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projected, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.

noun. A rocket-propelled device designed to fly through the air and deliver a warhead of explosive materials to a target.

noun. An object intended to be launched into the air at a target.

noun. A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after having been launched.

noun. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

noun. a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control

"Those reports included an analysis of Soviet missile strength that contradicted John F. Kennedy’s “missile gap” rhetoric or the debunking of Lyndon Johnson’s assumptions about the effectiveness of bombing in Vietnam."

projectile  rocket  

mess  message  messenger  mission  missionary  

antimissile  bristle  dismissal  epistle  fissel  

aircraft  ammunition  artillery  battery  bomb  

AA target rocket  ABM  ASM  ATS  Asp