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missile gaps

missile gaps is the plural of missile gap.

Meaning of missile gap

Noun

missile gap (plural missile gaps)

  1. (US, historical) The perceived superiority during the Cold War of the number and power of the USSR's missiles in comparison with those of the United States.

Questions about missile gaps

What is missile gaps the plural of?
Missile gaps is the plural of missile gap.

Words near missile gaps in the dictionary

  1. Missildines
  2. missile
  3. missile farm
  4. missile farms
  5. missile gap
  6. missile gaps
  7. missile silo
  8. missile silos
  9. missileer
  10. missileers
  11. missilelike

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