guided missile

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   a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices

   Broadermissile

   Narrowerantiballistic missilebuzz bombExocetspace probesurface-to-air missile

   Partsguidance systemhoming devicewarhead

Questions about guided missile

What does guided missile mean?

guided missile means "a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices".

Is guided missile a common word?

guided missile is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.