#rocket any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine
supertype: #vehicle a conveyance that transports people or objects
part: #rocket_engine
subtype: #missile rocket carrying passengers or instruments or a warhead
subtype: #air-to-air_missile a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another
subtype: #air-to-ground_missile__air-to-surface_missile a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground
subtype: #ballistic_missile__ballisticmissile a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target
subtype: #intercontinental_ballistic_missile__ICBM a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
subtype: #guided_missile a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
subtype: #antiballistic_missile__antiballisticmissile__ABM a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles; "the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs"
subtype: #buzz_bomb__robot_bomb__robotbomb__flying_bomb__doodlebug__V-1 a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
subtype: #space_probe__spaceprobe a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation
subtype: #surface-to-air_missile__SAM a guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target
subtype: #heat-seeking_missile a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward hot targets (as the emissions of a jet engine)
subtype: #brilliant_pebble__brilliantpebble a code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles
subtype: #sidewinder air-to-air missile with infrared homing device
subtype: #test_rocket__research_rocket__test_instrument_vehicle a rocket fired for test purposes
subtype: #sounding_rocket a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes
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