It can only be fueled when vertical, so cannot be fueled before transport as is normal for modern missiles.
More modern missiles are being issued, notably adding cruise missile capabilities.
In both instances it was made clear that warships can be put out of action by a single hit from a modern anti-ship missile or bomb.
Lucker, boy racer, bowls through the forest like a modern missile.
An understanding that they will not be replaced by modern missiles should be sufficient to eliminate a problem that is more emotional than military.
Others include the first programmable computers, modern missiles and rockets and the atomic bombs.
Nick had just mentioned that one of them looked like a modern missile.
That's not all; the Iraqis want a modern long-range ground-to-ground missile.
It was one of the precursors of modern anti-ship missiles.
Although it since has been replaced by more modern missiles in front line service, it saw widespread service in many nations.
