English-Spanish translations for missile

• misil
  Entre estas se incluyen misiles tierra-aire. These include ground-to-air missiles.
  Necesitamos analizar el tema de la venta y las pruebas con misiles, así como las inevitables exportaciones de misiles que conlleva. We need to look at the issue of missile sales and testing, and the linked inevitable missile exports.
  Asunto: Amenazas de Turquía por la instalación de misiles en Chipre Subject: Turkish threats over installation of missiles on Cyprus
• proyectil
  Debido a la energía cinética que encierra, un proyectil de un calibre muy pequeño puede penetrar el blindaje de un carro armado. Due to its kinetic energy, even a very small calibre missile can therefore penetrate a tank's armour plating.
  En tal caso, el mayor riesgo está ligado a las partículas producidas por el calor y la fricción en el momento del impacto del proyectil. Here, the main risk is associated with the particles which are produced by heat and friction at the moment of impact of a missile.
  Señor Presidente, el caso de los proyectiles con uranio es un nuevo capítulo de la guerra detestable que emprendió contra Serbia. Mr President, the scandal of the depleted uranium missiles is just the latest chapter in the despicable war you have waged against Serbia.

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