One who launches missiles. / One who designs or works with missiles.

Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from 17th c.]

plural of missile

plural of missileer

plural of cruise missile

plural of ballistic missile

An unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that travels through the air to deliver a warhead to a predetermined point, keeping itself on course by making corrections via its control surfaces.

plural of missile silo

An underground vertical cylindrical container for the storage and launching of ICBMs.

(military, astronautics) A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.