command guidance

6.1

A way of controlling a missile by sending instructions from the ground or another missile

noun

Specialized

: guía por comando

Unlike homing missiles, those with command guidance depend entirely on instructions from operators.

Examples

The anti-aircraft system uses command guidance to intercept incoming targets.
The missile uses command guidance for precise targeting.
Engineers improved the command guidance system for greater accuracy in missile control.
Advanced command guidance systems are crucial for modern warfare.
Engineers improved the command guidance system for greater accuracy in missile control.
The anti-aircraft system uses command guidance to intercept incoming targets.
Unlike homing missiles, those with command guidance depend entirely on instructions from operators.

How Accurate

homing device

Specialized

11 5.6

command guidance

Specialized

6.1

Surface Forms

command guidance singular

command guidances plural

Morphology

command + guidance

The meaning 'guidance provided by commands' is directly and transparently composed from 'command' (a directive) + 'guidance' (control of a path), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to guidance achieved via commands. This is a regular noun+noun technical compound following common compositional patterns (and has clear equivalents in other languages), making it readily understandable at B1.

Etymology

Command guidance comes from the image of people on the ground sending commands to a flying missile. Think of it like steering a remote toy: command is the order and guidance is the steering. So command guidance means 'controlling the flight of a missile by sending instructions from the ground or another missile'.