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| has gloss | eng: The UGM-89 Perseus was a proposed U.S. Navy submarine-launched anti-ship and anti-submarine (ASW) cruise missile that was developed under the Submarine Tactical Missile (STAM) project, which was also referred to as the Submarine Anti-ship Weapon System (STAWS). This missile system was to be the centerpiece for a proposed third-generation nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine championed by then-Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the influential but controversial head of the Navy's nuclear propulsion program. |
| lexicalization | eng: UGM-89 Perseus |
| instance of | (noun) a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control missile |
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