nuclear-pulse rocket

Noun

Meaning

nuclear-pulse rocket (plural nuclear-pulse rockets)

(astronautics) 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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