ballistic-missile submarine

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• Ballistic missile submarine — The French SNLE Le Redoutable at Cité de la Mer museum A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles (SLBMs). Contents …   Wikipedia

• Fleet ballistic missile submarine — The United States Navy s Fleet ballistic missile submarine force is composed of Ohio class submarines armed with Trident missiles …   Wikipedia

• fleet ballistic missile submarine — A nuclear powered submarine designed to deliver ballistic missile attacks against assigned targets from either a submerged or surfaced condition. Designated as SSBN …   Military dictionary

• Submarine-launched ballistic missile — A Trident II D5 nuclear missile. It is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads up to 8,000 km. They are carried by 14 US Navy Ohio class submarines and 4 Royal Navy Vanguard class submarines A submarine launched ballistic missile… …   Wikipedia

• Ballistic missile — Diagram of V 2, the first ballistic missile. A ballistic missile is a missile that follows a sub orbital ballistic flightpath with the objective of delivering one or more warheads to a predetermined target. The missile is only guided during the… …   Wikipedia

• fleet ballistic missile submarine — noun a submarine carrying ballistic missiles • Hypernyms: ↑submarine, ↑pigboat, ↑sub, ↑U boat * * * a nuclear submarine fitted with launchers to fire ballistic missiles either underwater or from the surface. Cf. SSBN …   Useful english dictionary

• fleet ballistic missile submarine — a nuclear submarine fitted with launchers to fire ballistic missiles either underwater or from the surface. Cf. SSBN * * * …   Universalium

• Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile — Trident II beim Start von einem untergetauchten U Boot Eine Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile („SLBM“, deutsche Bezeichnung: U Boot gestützte ballistische Rakete) ist eine ballistische Rakete verschiedener möglicher Reichweiten, die von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Ballistic Missile Early Warning System — The United States Air Force Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was the first operational ballistic missile detection radar. The original system was built in 1959 and could provide long range warning of a ballistic missile attack over… …   Wikipedia

• ballistic missile — noun Ballistic missile is used before these nouns: ↑submarine …   Collocations dictionary

• Intercontinental ballistic missile — An intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is a long range (greater than 5,500 km or 3,500 miles) ballistic missile typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery, that is, delivering one or more nuclear warheads. Due to their great range… …   Wikipedia