English-Finnish translations for missile

• ohjus
  Toiseksi, tarvitaan ohjus laukaistavaksi ja kolmanneksi, tarvitaan pommin varsinainen sytytin. Second, you need a missile to launch, and, third, you need the actual detonator of the bomb.
  Joskus heidät näytti tappaneen vain yksi maasta maahan -ohjus. I saw where they had been killed by just one ground-to-ground missile.
  Toinen osa on ohjus, ja tiedätte, että ohjusten tekniikka kehittyy nopeasti. The second part is the missile and you know that the technology on missiles is moving rapidly.
• ammus
  Kineettisen energiansa vuoksi hyvinkin pienen kaliiberin ammus voi läpäistä panssariajoneuvon panssarikilven. Due to its kinetic energy, even a very small calibre missile can therefore penetrate a tank's armour plating.
  Kiväärin ammus eli patruuna koostuu hylsystä, nallista, rähdeaineesta ja luodista.
  Katapulteissa on käytetty monenlaisia ammuksia.
• heittoase
• ilmatorjuntaohjus
• ydinohjus

Definition of missile

• Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet
• A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched

Examples

• The Rhodians, who used leaden bullets, were able to project their missiles twice as far as the Persian slingers, who used large stones.
• That missile is explosive enough to kill hundreds.

Related words

• antimissile
• Euromissile
• anti-air-missile
• missile silo
• missile shield
• missile weapon
• missile carrier
• missile base
• missile defense