English-Lithuanian translations for missile

• raketa
  JAV visiškai neatsitiktinai paprašLenkijos leisti dislokuoti jos teritorijoje raketas, nukreiptas rytų kryptimi. It is no accident that the US asked Poland in particular to accommodate its missiles pointing to the east.
  Iranas, Sirija ir Šiaurės Korėja bendradarbiauja konstruojant raketas ir chemines kovines galvutes. In addition to this, Iran, Syria and North Korea are working together to assemble missiles and chemical warheads.
  Kodėl Iranas kuria raketas "Shahab III", galinčias nešti branduolines galvutes ir pasiekti Europos miestus? Why is Iran developing Shahab III missiles with the potential to carry nuclear warheads and drop them on European cities?

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