intercontinental ballistic missile

missile with a range of over 5, 000 miles

An intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is a long-range (greater than 5,500 km or 3,500 miles)  ballistic missile typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery, that is, delivering one or more nuclear warheads. Due to their great range and firepower, in an all-out nuclear war,  submarine and land-based ICBMs would carry most of the destructive force, with nuclear-armed bombers the remainder.
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Noun
1. a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
(synonym) ICBM
(hypernym) ballistic missile
(hyponym) Minuteman