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long-range missile
A missile designed to reach distant targets, often thousands of kilometers away. Contrasts with short- and medium-range missiles.
長距離ミサイルを保有する。
To possess long-range missiles.
長距離ミサイルは他国まで届く。
Long-range missiles can reach other countries.
長距離ミサイルの開発は、周辺国の強い懸念を招いた。
The development of long-range missiles drew strong concern from neighboring countries.
A compound of 長距離 (long distance) and ミサイル (missile). One of the standard range categories in news coverage of defense and missile tests; the longest-range types can cross continents.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 長距離ミサイルを開発する: to develop long-range missiles
- 長距離弾道ミサイル: a long-range ballistic missile
- 長距離ミサイルの脅威: the threat of long-range missiles
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 短距離ミサイル: short-range missile — strikes only nearby targets
- 大陸間弾道ミサイル: intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) — the longest-range class