missile program
Rocket weapons initiative
A missile program is an organized effort, typically by a government, to develop, produce, or acquire missiles—especially ballistic or nuclear-capable ones.
The term appears frequently in geopolitical contexts: Iran's missile program has drawn international sanctions, North Korea's missile program threatens regional stability.
A country's missile program often signals military ambition and becomes a focus of diplomacy and arms control negotiations.
- nuclear warheadFission-based explosive device
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- launchSet into motion
- launch siteRocket departure facility
- ballisticOf hurled objects
nuclear · ICBM · long range · trajectory · silo · propulsion · sanctions · weapons inspector · plutonium · uranium · deterrent · proliferation · arms race · cold war · rogue state · test · range · payload
- North KoreaPyongyang, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-il
- rearmamentmilitary spending, armament, stockpiling, naval buildup, war production
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- IRGCcommanders, intelligence unit, operations, bases, conscripts
missile programdisarmament
Reducing or eliminating weapons
nuclear disarmament · denuclearization · arms reduction · peace initiative · nonproliferation
missile programpeace initiative
Plan to resolve hostilities
diplomatic mission · conflict resolution · peace treaty · diplomatic engagement
missile, program, missiles, missive, mission, missionary, emission, remission, submission