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MISSILE STRIKE [7 records]

Record 1 2025-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The PrSM is a surface-to-surface missile that will provide commanders with an all-weather, cluster-munition-compliant capability to attack critical and time-sensitive area and point targets.

CONT

The precision strike missile(PrSM) is the U. S. Army's next-generation surface-to-surface missile system, designed to deliver extended-range, high-precision firepower against high-value and time-sensitive targets in highly contested environments.

Key term(s)
  • precision-strike missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

L'armée [prévoit] lancer un missile à longue portée capable de frapper des cibles terrestres et maritimes en mouvement d'ici 2027. L'année dernière, l'armée a déployé la première étape de son missile de frappe de précision (PrSM), qui peut potentiellement atteindre des portées bien supérieures à 500 kilomètres. Le service développe également un chercheur qui permettrait au PrSM de frapper des navires.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

The missile is designed primarily to target enemy aircraft and missiles at a range of over a hundred miles depending on the variant and has some surface strike capability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A type of cruise missile designed to strike land targets ranging in size from individual buildings to entire cities.

OBS

LACM are usually equipped with Global Positioning System and terrain-matching navigation systems that allow them to fly low-altitude, terrain-following, defense-evading paths.

Key term(s)
  • land attack cruise missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

An air-to-surface missile carried by military aircraft for air defense suppression purposes or to strike primary targets. Permits aircraft to attack multiple targets without physically penetrating to any of them, thus reducing fuel requirements and dangers to crews.

OBS

... a smaller version of the MW-1 pod was integrated with a stand-off guided missile to deliver various types of submunitions, optimized for the specific targets being engaged.

OBS

stand-off missile: term(s) extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

La société avait déjà étudié auparavant avec McDonnell Douglas toute une famille de missiles pour tir à distance de sécurité et avait abouti à une configuration qui permettrait, à l'aide d'un conteneur de type MW-1 de dimensions réduites, de lancer sur les divers objectifs des groupes de munitions «optimalisées».

OBS

missile lancé à distance de sécurité : terme(s) tiré(s) du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The Low Altitude and Targeting Infra-red System for Night(LANTIRN), Wide Area Anti-armour Munitions(WAAM), Precision Location Strike System and Medium-range Air-to-Surface Missile(MRASM) will help target acquisition and destruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The Low Altitude and Targeting Infra-red System for Night(LANTIRN), Wide Area Anti-armour Munitions(WAAM), Precision Location Strike System and Medium-range Air-to-Surface Missile(MRASM) will help target acquisition and destruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 7 1981-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The McDonnell IFFC [Integrated Flight/Fire Control] system, installed in the 57th F-15B two-seater(not the Strike Eagle), uses an Atlis 2 tracker pod in the forward left missile trough and an additional coupler/interface unit similar to the GE 701A 64, 000-word computer from the F-18.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Chez McDonnell Douglas, le système IFFC installé sur le biplace F-15B No 57 de série (qui n'est pas le Strike Eagle) comporte une nacelle de poursuite Atlis 2 montée dans la saignée avant gauche de fuselage (emplacement d'un missile), et un interface-relais supplémentaire analogue au calculateur GE 701A de 64 000 mots emprunté au F-18.

Spanish

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