sea-launched cruise missile

noun

1. a cruise missile launched by surface ships or submarines against land or sea targets and equipped with nuclear or conventional warheads, with a range of 2,210 miles (3,556 km). : SLCM, S.L.C.M.

Example Sentences

Gen. Chilton said he opposes eliminating a new, nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile, known as SLCM-N, and retiring the aircraft-carried B63-1 nuclear gravity bomb, both recommended by the Biden administration.

From Washington Times

The final text also includes a hard-fought green light for the Navy to continue the development of its nuclear-tipped, sea-launched cruise missile program recently scuttled by the administration.

From Washington Times

The final text also includes a hard-fought green light for the Navy to continue the development of its nuclear-tipped, sea-launched cruise missile program recently scuttled by the administration.

From Washington Times

The final text also includes a hard-fought green light for the Navy to continue the development of its nuclear-tipped, sea-launched cruise missile program recently scuttled by the administration.

From Washington Times

The Sea-Launched Cruise Missile “has zero value because even at the full funding value it would not arrive until 2035,” the senior defense official said, dismissing talk it could play a role in the current Russia-Ukraine war.

From Washington Times