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.
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