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missile gap
noun
- a lag in one country's missile production relative to the production of another country.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of missile gap1
First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences
However illusory the “missile gap” may have been, it is striking that a liberal icon so firmly stood for peace through strength.
From The Daily Beast
Was it really about islands named Quemoy and Matsu or the missile gap?
From The Daily Beast
The "bomber gap" of several years ago was always a fiction, and the "missile gap" shows every sign of being the same.
From Project Gutenberg
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