nuclear-pulse rocket

noun

A rocket that uses the impulse imparted by the detonation of nuclear bombs as the propulsive force to propel the spacecraft.

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Meanings

nounnuclear-pulse rocket (plural nuclear-pulse rockets)

plural nuclear-pulse rockets

  1. space flightA rocket that uses the impulse imparted by the detonation of nuclear bombs as the propulsive force to propel the spacecraft.
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