missile strike
Projectile weapon assault
A missile strike is an attack using guided projectiles launched from aircraft, ships, submarines, or ground installations against a target.
The term typically appears in military and news contexts: The base was damaged in a missile strike, Coalition forces carried out missile strikes on the capital.
Unlike bombing, which may involve unguided ordnance, missile strikes imply precision targeting.
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- ground zeroExplosion's central impact point
- launchSet into motion
target · direct hit · bomb · attack · military · radar · early warning · defense · no-fly zone · intercept · siren · airstrike · air raid · cruise · ballistic · impact · destruction · shrapnel
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- war violencemassacre, bombardment, bombing, shelling, combat
- Air Combatairstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft, bomb run
- airstrikesairstrike, air raid, bombing run, bombing raid, bombing
- aviation disastersplane crash, air crash, midair collision, crash landing, crash site
- gunfireshoot, gunshot, artillery fire, fire, gunfire
missile strikeceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
stand-down · military withdrawal · de-escalation · truce · armistice
missile strikemissile defense
System intercepting hostile projectiles
air defense · Iron Dome · fortification · bunker · shelter
missile strikereconstruction
Rebuilding after destruction
humanitarian aid · infrastructure development · peacekeeping mission · aid delivery · disaster relief
missile, strike, missiles, missive, mission, missionary, emission, remission, submit