command guidance

command guidance
noun
a method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missile
Hypernyms: ↑steering, ↑guidance, ↑direction

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Electronics.
a missile guidance system in which commands for controlling the flight of the vehicle originate from a source on the ground or in another vehicle.
[1945-50]

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command guidance,
a system used in controlling and regulating the flight of a guided missile or other flight-borne object by means of remote electronic pulses or signals: »

It is generally assumed in the United States that the…intercontinental ballistic missile has command guidance—that is to say it must reply on instructions from the ground reaching it (Manchester Guardian).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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