Below you will find example sentences with "cruise missiles". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Cruise Missiles in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: cruise
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "cruise missiles" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as advantages over cruise missiles in range, and 29 cruise missiles against the, ballistic, range and defense stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with ballistic missiles, cruise ship, cruise lines, cruise lines, cruise line and cruise terminal, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with cruise missiles
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Their low-altitude flight path makes cruise missiles harder to detect than ballistic missiles. (14 words)
These attacks include the use of anti-ship ballistic missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and cruise missiles. (16 words)
Ukraine´s air force said Russia launched two ballistic missiles and 29 cruise missiles against the capital. (17 words)
In terms of defensive capabilities, USS is equipped with the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile for short-range defense against cruise missiles and aircraft, and the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile for close-in defense against missiles and aircraft. (40 words)
The Pentagon said Tuesday that US military forces shot down 12 attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles in the southern Red Sea that were fired by Huthis over a 10-hour period. (39 words)
The BrahMos cruise missile, which is a joint venture between India and Russia, is different in this class, as it is a supersonic cruise missile that can travel much faster than other cruise missiles, which are subsonic. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Despite this, cruise missiles have not made ballistic missiles obsolete, due to the second major advantage: Ballistic missiles can travel extremely quickly along their flight path.
The North earlier this year tested new cruise missiles designed to be fired from submarines and also long-range cruise missiles with potential range of reaching U.S. military bases in Japan.
It quickly became apparent solid-fueled ballistic missiles had advantages over cruise missiles in range and accuracy, and unlike both Jupiter and cruise, were able to be launched from a submerged submarine, improving submarine survivability.
The BrahMos cruise missile, which is a joint venture between India and Russia, is different in this class, as it is a supersonic cruise missile that can travel much faster than other cruise missiles, which are subsonic.
The drone was in the same shipment as a number of surface-to-air missiles and components for Iranian Project 351 land attack cruise missiles.
The Pentagon said Tuesday that US military forces shot down 12 attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles in the southern Red Sea that were fired by Huthis over a 10-hour period.
Daniel Hagari, said Iran fired scores of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles — with the vast majority intercepted outside Israel's borders.
In terms of defensive capabilities, USS is equipped with the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile for short-range defense against cruise missiles and aircraft, and the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile for close-in defense against missiles and aircraft.
In yet another barrage aimed at Ukrainian cities, Russia bombarded Kyiv with 62 cruise missiles and 35 Iranian-built Shahed drones on January 2. Ukrainian air defense intercepted most of the missiles and drones.
Iran is estimated to have thousands of ballistic missiles – which travel at high parabolic trajectories – as well as cruise missiles that can travel at a lower altitude.
Preliminary analysis of the advanced conventional weaponry indicates that it includes critical components for medium range ballistic missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles, to include a warhead and propulsion and guidance components.
These attacks include the use of anti-ship ballistic missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and cruise missiles.
Ukraine´s air force said Russia launched two ballistic missiles and 29 cruise missiles against the capital.
Unlike cruise missiles, which are jet-propelled and fly low to avoid detection, ballistic missiles follow a high-arcing trajectory and rely on gravity for their descent toward the target.
It includes a variety of radars, communications equipment and information-management technology necessary to conducting a layered, integrated area air defense, and can protect against aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.
Their low-altitude flight path makes cruise missiles harder to detect than ballistic missiles.
The system hinges ship-based Aegis Radar –- designed to provide defense against long-range incoming ballistic missiles from space as well as nearer-in threats such as anti-ship cruise missiles.
As they were in the era of General bin Sultan, potential Chinese sales to Saudi Arabia of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles remain one of the murkier areas of Sino-Saudi military cooperation.
Other possible weapons arrayed on the parade ground include coastal defense cruise missiles, as well as at least six solid-fuel, short-range ballistic missiles possibly of a type first seen in February.
First, ballistic missiles that fly above the atmosphere have a much longer range than would be possible for cruise missiles of the same size.