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In weaponry, a US three-stage
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
with a range of about 8,000 km/5,000 mi. In
US history the term was applied to members of
the citizens' militia in the 1770s. These
citizen-soldiers had pledged to be available
for battle at a `minute's notice' during the
American Revolution.