$5M Moon Rock Stolen From Malta Museum

On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 00:45:58 -0500, Pat Flannery wrote:

If they were unguided, they would be considered "rockets" not "missiles"
by the standard use of the two terms in regards to them

I'm pretty sure that missile is just the general term for a weapon that is
thrown or projected. A rock is a missile if it's thrown or projected
towards a target using a slingshot or the like.

Otherwise the term guided missile would be redundant. The term unguided
missile is also in use.