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Missile Carrier

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Missile Carrier 

a submarine, surface ship, or airplane that is armed with strategic or operational-tactical missiles. The term “missile carrier” was coined in the 1950’s with the adoption of rocket weapons.



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It scoffs at assertions that Russia would cheat by multiplying warheads on bombers or new rail-based missile carriers, arguing that the Kremlin would want to avoid America's compensatory response.
After the fifth-generation fighter jet, we must think and get down to work on a next-generation, long-range aviation complex -- our new strategic missile carrier," Putin told a cabinet meeting on Russia s military-industrial complex.
They also agreed to cut the number of ballistic missile carriers to between 500 and 1,100.
 
 
 
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