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What is a missile?

What is a missile? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
  2. (military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched.
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The two-stage missile is equipped with solid propellant booster and sustainer rocket motors.
Surface-to-air missile batteries and radar sites, armored units, governmental buildings, and safe houses were systematically taken out.
The world's most potent and technologically advanced short-range air-to-air missile has been accepted into service for the Hornet fleet.
On July 10, India launched its new, long-range Agni III missile from the Orissa Coast which fell short of its intended target 1800 miles away.
The flares are fired when the crew detect, by radar, they are being chased by a missile homing in on the hot exhaust of the plane.
Although other factors contributed to the outcomes in both the Bekaa Valley and the Falklands, the air-to-air missile clearly had come of age.

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