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surface-to-surface missile

[′sər·fəs tü ′sər·fəs ‚mis·əl]
(ordnance)
A guided missile designed to be fired at a surface target from a surface position on land or water; examples include Atlas, Corporal, Dart, Jupiter, Lacross, Mace, Matador, Navaho, Pershing, Polaris, Redstone, Regulus, Sergeant, Snark, Thor, and Titan. Abbreviated SSM.
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