Definition of "surface-to-air missile" []

A guided missile launched from land or sea against an airborne target. (noun)

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Use "surface-to-air missile" in a sentence

"Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara knew that Soviet technicians were installing and often operating the new surface-to-air missile batteries."
"They must attempt to pinpoint the mobile Russian-built surface-to-air missile sites — Sam to us — and they must bring us up-to-date on how many interceptor aircraft — Migs — we might look for."
"The first such tactic is the use of a surface-to-air missile or bomb to bring down a commercial jetliner."

Words like "surface-to-air missile"

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