A projectile weapon, especially a guided or long-range military missile. Common in news and military contexts.
敵のミサイルをレーダーで探知した。
They detected the enemy missile by radar.
政府はミサイル発射に強く抗議した。
The government strongly protested the missile launch.
It was reported that the country had launched a ballistic missile.
They fired a missile at the enemy fighter jet.
The missile hit its target.
Suddenly a missile came flying overhead.
missile attack
missile defense