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A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Missile | is a | airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant | 0.90 | text |
| Missile | is a | guided missile that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight at a constant speed | 0.90 | text |
| Missile | is a | standoff anti-submarine weapon variant of anti-ship missiles used to deliver an explosive warhead aimed directly at a submarine | 0.90 | text |
| surface-to-surface | instance of | Missiles are primarily classified into different types based on firing source and target | 0.80 | text |
| air-to-surface | instance of | Missiles are primarily classified into different types based on firing source and target | 0.80 | text |
| surface-to-air | instance of | Missiles are primarily classified into different types based on firing source and target | 0.80 | text |
| air-to-air missiles | instance of | Missiles are primarily classified into different types based on firing source and target | 0.80 | text |
| an aircraft | instance of | and airborne explosive devices without propulsion are referred to as shells if fired by an artillery piece and bombs if dropped by a vehicle | 0.80 | text |
| infrared | instance of | The homing system might use light | 0.80 | text |
| laser or visible light | instance of | The homing system might use light | 0.80 | text |
| radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation to illuminate the target | instance of | The homing system might use light | 0.80 | text |
| wings | instance of | The flight system uses the data from the targeting or guidance system to maneuver the missile in flight which might be accomplished using vectored thrust of engines or aerodynam… | 0.80 | text |
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