Weapons that are fired or launched through the air and travel toward a target; any object that is thrown or shot as a weapon.
From Latin 'mittere,' meaning 'to send or throw.' A missile is literally anything 'sent' or thrown, though modern usage focuses on military projectiles.
The missile age changed warfare forever because they introduced 'standoff' combat—soldiers no longer needed to be near their target, which fundamentally shifted military strategy and geopolitics after World War II.
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