Synonyms for ballistic missile
bal·lis·tic mis·sile

Princeton's WordNet

1. ballistic missilenoun

   a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target

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1. Rex Tillerson:

   Past efforts have failed to halt North Korea's unlawful weapons programs and nuclear and ballistic missile tests, with each provocation, North Korea jeopardizes stability in Northeast Asia and poses a growing threat to our allies and the U.S. homeland.

2. Captain Darryn James:

   Admiral Harris is always exploring options to forward deploy and operationalize the latest advancements in ballistic missile defense technologies in the Pacific, where we face increasingly sophisticated threats to the homeland.

3. Mark Ferguson:

   Russia has introduced new capabilities such as newer and more stealthy nuclear-powered attack and ballistic missile defense submarines. They are also expanding the reach of their conventional submarines with advanced cruise missiles.

4. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier:

   I strongly condemn today's launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea. The country has once again ignored warnings by the international community, the rocket launch is an irresponsible provocation, which disregards internationally-binding U.N. security council resolutions and is putting regional security on the line once again.

5. John Schilling:

   The failed launch, combined with testing from a barge shows that North Korea still has a long way to go to develop this system, an initial operational capability of a North Korean ballistic-missile submarine is not expected before 2020.