missile launcher
Fires guided projectiles
A missile launcher is a device or platform designed to fire missiles—self-propelled projectiles carrying warheads.
These range from shoulder-fired tubes used by infantry The rebels were armed with portable missile launchers to vehicle-mounted systems and massive installations for intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The term covers both the launch mechanism and, often, the entire weapons system including targeting equipment.
- rocket propelled grenadeShoulder-fired explosive munition
- bazookaShoulder-mounted rocket launcher
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- blast radiusArea affected by explosion
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
ammunition · targeting · lock on · heat seeker · fire and forget · shoulder-fired · silo · recoil · trigger · military · combat · danger close · explosion · grenade · mortar · anti-aircraft · surface-to-air · guided
- weaponsknife, gun, sword, swords, rifle
- ranged weaponsbow and arrow, crossbow, longbow, rifle, pistol
- launcherscatapult, trebuchet, cannon, ballista, slingshot
- naval equipmentaircraft carrier, aircraft carriers, carriers, battleship, battleships
- naval weaponstorpedo, naval guns, cannon, naval mines, gun turret
- ship partshull, keel, deck, mast, bow
missile launcherIron Dome
Aerial interception network
THAAD · missile shield · bunker · bomb shelter · shield
missile launchermissile
Self-guided airborne weapon
projectile · rocket · warhead · munition · ordnance
missile launchertarget
Object of pursuit
strategic target · military objective · bunker · command center · infrastructure
missile, launcher, missiles, launch, launches, launched, launching, mission, missions