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arsenal ship

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A ship, filled with missiles, typically cruise missiles, which it can launch to attack far off targets, but which has little in the way of other capabilities, similar to a modified cargoship. A floating missile battery, a floating missile firebase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war

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