missile system
Rocket launch platform
A missile system is the complete assembly of components required to launch and guide a missile to its target, including the missile itself, launch platform, guidance equipment, fire control systems, and support infrastructure.
The term emphasizes that missiles don't operate in isolation—they require integrated networks of radar, targeting computers, and command centers: The country deployed a new air defense missile system along its border.
Systems range from portable shoulder-fired units to intercontinental ballistic missile installations.
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- launcherDevice that sends projectiles
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- defenseProtection against harm
- no-fly zoneBanned flight region
radar · radar lock · ballistic · cruise · intercept · guidance · silo · payload · trajectory · strike · nuclear · first strike · target · patriot · surface-to-air · air defense · deterrent · cold war
- naval warfarenaval battles, naval battle, battleship, destroyer, sea battles
- shipbuildingshipyards, shipyard, dockyards, dockyard, hull
- military interventioninvasion, military intervention, coalition forces, allied forces, ground forces
- Autonomous Weaponsattack drone, combat drone, drone swarm, hunter-killer, kamikaze drone
missile systemIron Dome
Aerial interception network
THAAD · early warning system · shield · bunker · fortification
missile systembow and arrow
Ranged weapon using tension
spear · slingshot · club · primitive weapon · sling
missile systempeace treaty
Formal end to hostilities
diplomatic mission · nuclear nonproliferation · demilitarization · détente · olive branch
missile, system, missiles, missive, missives, mission, missions, missionary, missionaries