missile's

Belonging to warhead

Missile's is the possessive form of missile—a weapon or object propelled through the air toward a target.

The word typically modifies something belonging to or associated with the missile: a missile's trajectory, a missile's warhead, a missile's range.

The missile's guidance system malfunctioned shortly after launch.

weaponry

warhead

Munition's explosive section

payload · target · propulsion · ballistic · intercontinental · cruise · range · silo · defense · strike

military

system

Connected parts forming whole

  • batteryPortable electricity storage
  • baseSupporting bottom structure
  • commandAuthoritative instruction given

operator · deployment · installation · stockpile · capability · threat · proliferation · treaty · test · program

crisis

Cuban

From a Caribbean nation

confrontation · standoff · negotiation · escalation · brinkmanship · nuclear · Soviet · tension · diplomacy · resolution

Opposites
projectile vs. stationary/defensive

missile'starget's

Aim's intended endpoint

shield's · fortress's · ground's

weapon component relationships

missile'starget's

Aim's intended endpoint

platform's · turret's · base's · installation's · operator's

threat vs. protection

missile'sarmor's

Possessive of protection

shelter's

Phrases
Family

missile, missiles

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG