How to Use cruise missile in a Sentence

cruise missile

noun
  • Note the drone and cruise missile kill markings on the turret.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2023
  • That’s nearly as much as a cruise missile with a range of hundreds of miles.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • An hour before that, at least one cruise missile was seen flying north of the city.
    — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The big difference between the cruise missiles and the glide bombs is range.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Burevestnik is a type of missile known as a cruise missile.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 18 June 2026
  • The cruise missiles deployed by Navy warplanes can fly more than twice as far.
    — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • All are in range of Iran’s ballistic, drones or cruise missiles.
    — Javed Ali, The Conversation, 22 June 2025
  • The ministry said seven cruise missiles were shot down, and all sea drones were destroyed.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But each, for the cost of a few cruise missiles, would alter thousands of lives for the better.
    — Heather Hurlburt, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Apr. 2018
  • In the case of the new Ukrainian cruise missile, the pulse jet engine is not new or advanced.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The short-range radars track low-flying aircraft and cruise missiles that can avoid larger radar systems.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
  • The subs can fire Tomahawk cruise missiles, the website said.
    — Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The cruise missiles fly low and emit little heat for interceptor missiles to lock on to.
    — Jim Michaels, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Such a cruise missile would have a very long flight time and would be able to fly at low altitudes while hugging the terrain.
    — David Szondy october 26, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
  • That's still a fairly massive piece of hardware to put in a torpedo or cruise missile.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The rest of the attack involved ballistic or cruise missiles.
    — Robert Birsel shane Croucher john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In the maneuvers, a missile boat fired anti-ship cruise missiles at a mock target.
    — Felipe Dana, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
  • It is also thought to have advanced combat systems and can launch land-attack cruise missiles.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.
    — David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The Houthis unveiled the new cruise missiles this past July and claimed to have new longer-range drones as well.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The weapon is a cruise missile with a range to strike up to 621 miles, according to reports.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2025
  • More long-large cruise missiles are also flowing to the Middle East.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Its navy test-fired the cruise missile for the first time in December 2024.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • Ballistic and cruise missiles, by contrast, can cost millions of dollars each.
    — Dylan Butts, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Russian bombers and long-range cruise missiles can approach through northern corridors.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
  • In the post, Inbar said there was a huge sail with room for several ballistic and cruise missiles.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But, by far, her most potent weapons are her stockpile of anti-ship, air-to-air, cruise missiles, and torpedoes.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
  • More than five thousand troops in Iraq were basically in lockdown by the time the cruise missiles hit the two bases.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Kim came back Wednesday to observe a test launch of cruise missiles from the Choe Hyon.
    — ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Kim came back Wednesday to observe a test launch of cruise missiles from the Choe Hyon.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2026

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