glide bomb

English

Noun

glide bomb (plural glide bombs)

  1. A standoff weapon with flight control surfaces to give it a flatter, gliding flight path than that of a conventional bomb without such surfaces.
    • 2024 January 8, Carlotta Gall, Vladyslav Golovin, Mauricio Lima, “Exhausted, on the Defensive and at ‘Hell’s Gate’ in Ukraine”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      The destruction wrought by glide bombs is visible in towns and villages near the front line.

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