antisubmarine rocket


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antisubmarine rocket

[¦an·tē‚səb·mə′rēn ′räk·ət]
(ordnance)
A solid-propellant-rocket-driven torpedo that is surface-launched, with final track underwater. Abbreviated ASROC.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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