(かく)ミサイル

かくみさいる
noun
nuclear missile
military
1. nuclear missile
A missile carrying a nuclear warhead. Common in news reports and discussions of security, arms control, and international tensions.
The threat of nuclear missiles is growing.
That country possesses nuclear missiles.
The nations are continuing negotiations toward reducing nuclear missiles.

Formed from (かく) (nuclear) plus ミサイル (missile). The prefix (かく) attaches to many security-related terms.

Common collocations

Related words

  • 核兵器(かくへいき): nuclear weapon — the broader category, including bombs and warheads
  • 弾道(だんどう)ミサイル: ballistic missile — classed by flight path, may or may not be nuclear