surface-to-air
adjective
sur·face-to-air
ˈsər-fəs-ˌtü-ˈer 
: launched from the ground against a target in the air
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Even constrained by the low initial altitude, the toss method helps keep Ukrainian jets outside the range of Russia’s most dangerous surface-to-air missile batteries.
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David Axe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Sources have suggested that a Russian surface-to-air missile system was responsible for the crash, but their reports have not been confirmed.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
This includes 128 armored vehicles for troop movements and reconnaissance, Caesar howitzers, anti-tank missile units, surface-to-air missiles and battlefield radars.
—Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
The targets included some components of Iran's missile and drone production infrastructure as well as Iran's three remaining S-300 surface-to-air missile systems (a fourth had been destroyed in an earlier Israeli attack in April).
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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David Axe, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Sources have suggested that a Russian surface-to-air missile system was responsible for the crash, but their reports have not been confirmed.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
This includes 128 armored vehicles for troop movements and reconnaissance, Caesar howitzers, anti-tank missile units, surface-to-air missiles and battlefield radars.
—Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
The targets included some components of Iran's missile and drone production infrastructure as well as Iran's three remaining S-300 surface-to-air missile systems (a fourth had been destroyed in an earlier Israeli attack in April).
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Surface-to-air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surface-to-air. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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