supermissile

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supermissile (plural supermissiles)

Any massive object used as a superweapon by being thrown or fired through the air.
(military) An extremely powerful, self-propelled projectile whose trajectory is adjustable after it is launched.
- 1956, Army Library (U.S.), Special Bibliographies‎^[1], United States Department of the Army, Army Library, page 91:
  An interview with Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations in which he describes the Navy's role in an era of H-bombs and supermissiles.
- 1969, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Organization and Disarmament Affairs, Strategic and Foreign Policy Implications of ABM Systems‎^[2], U.S. Government Printing Office, page 316:
  For example, the details of the new Soviet SS9 supermissile, which apparently was not thought to be a proper subject to include in a formal “posture statement” were abruptly declassified and trotted out as Exhibit A in the case for Soviet aggressiveness as it was presented live for all to see and hear.
- 1981 November 20, Herbert Lawrence Block, “‘It’s a Dove”, in coldwar.unc.edu‎^[3]:
  “It’s a bomber! It’s a supermissile! No — it’s a dove.”