Cruise Missile
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A low-flying strategic guided missile, anticipated by the German V-1 missile of World War II (1939-1945). True cruise missiles were developed by the United States and Soviet Union in the 1960’s and 1970’s and were designed to carry either a standard explosive payload or a nuclear warhead. Following a “ground-hugging” path toward their target, cruise missiles have low radar visibility. These single stage weapons are propelled by jet power and guided to their target by an inertial navigation system (position and acceleration are internally controlled and maintained to ensure an...
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