Ballistic Missile - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: ballistic missileballistic missile
A rocket propelled missile of long range which is guided only during the powered portion of its flight which usually takes only a small part of the total flight time contrasted with guided missile...
ICBM
An intercontinental ballistic missile a long range ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another Contrasted with IRBM...
Ballistic
Of or pertaining to the ballista or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine...
Ballistics
The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine...
brenschluss
the time at which the engines of a rocket stop firing the termination of the firing of the rocket engines whether due to intentional shutdown of the engines or exhaustion of the fuel This term was used mostly in the early days of rocketry when only one firing sequence occurred for rockets which were used as ballistic missiles or for experiments in rocketry or atmospheric science...
ballistics
ballistics 1 a : the science of the motion of projectiles (as bullets) in flight b : the flight characteristics of a projectile (as a bullet) 2 : the study of the processes within a firearm as it is fired ...
Electro ballistic
Pertaining to electro ballistics...
Firearms
Firearms. This word comprises all sorts of guns, fowling-pieces, blunderbusses, pistols, etc. Their discharge in a street is penal.A weapon that expels a projected (such as ballets or pallets) by combustion of gunpowder or other explosive, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.For the purposes of the (English) Fire Arms Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 43), 'firearm' means 'any lethal firearm or other weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged, or any part thereof, and the expression 'ammunition' means ammunition for any such firearms, and includes grenades, bombs, and other similar missiles, whether such missiles are capable of use with a firearm or not. The (English) Firearms Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 16), amends the definition by including smoothbore shot gun, air gun, or air rifle and ammunition, if deemed a lethal weapon. A person under seventeen shall not purchase or hire, nor shall anyone sell to such person, a firearm or ammunition. A pe...
Sling
An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap the ends of the string are taken in the hand and the whole whirled rapidly round until by loosing one end the missile is let fly with centrifugal force...
Dart
A pointed missile weapon intended to be thrown by the hand a short lance a javelin hence any sharp pointed missile weapon as an arrow...
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