SLBM
American-
sea-launched ballistic missile.
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submarine-launched ballistic missile.
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Another previously unseen SLBM, designated the Pukguksong-5, was displayed at a military parade in January.
From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2021
The missile seemed to be a version of the South's Hyunmoo surface-to-surface ballistic missiles with the warhead part an imitation of India's K-15 SLBM, Jang said.
From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2021
It would also modify a small number of existing submarine-launched ballistic missile, or SLBM, warheads to provide a nuclear option with a lower payload.
From Reuters • Jan. 12, 2018
To recap: North Korea says it has both an H-bomb and the ability to launch it with an SLBM.
From US News • Jan. 13, 2016
The second element that lessens the severity of the counterforce gap is the new American SLBM, the Trident II, which will be a seagoing missile powerful and accurate enough to knock out Soviet silos.
From Time Magazine Archive
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