guided-missile ship
guided-missile ship
[′gīd·əd ¦mis·əl ′ship] (naval architecture)
A warship equipped with guided-missile launchers, and sometimes with a gun battery, long-range sonar, and antisubmarine warfare weapons. Also known as missile ship.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.