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Cruise missile test backed by a person favouring war (8)

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I believe the answer is:

tomahawk

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'cruise missile' is the definition.
(I know that Tomahawk is a type of cruise missile)

'backed by a person favouring war' is the wordplay.
'backed by' says to put letters next to each other.
'a person' becomes 'hawk' (hawk is a kind of person).
'favouring war' becomes 'toma' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hawk' put after 'toma' is 'TOMAHAWK'.

'test' is the link.
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(Other definitions for tomahawk that I've seen before include "Native American war-axe" , "Traditional North American fighting axe" , "Brave's hatchet" , "killer on reservation?" , "Native American weapon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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