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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The Sinaloa Cartel has sought to purchase surface-to-air missiles and rocket launchers in the past, including in 2009 when three cartel members negotiated prices with people who turned out to be undercover agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Steve Fisher, USA TODAY, 29 June 2024
North Korea may also have supplied anti-tank missiles, portable surface-to-air missiles, rifles, rocket launchers, mortars, and shells, South Korean officials said in November.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 18 June 2024
Meanwhile, the Houthis apparently have shot down multiple MQ-9 Reaper drones with surface-to-air missile systems.
—Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2024
These include surface-to-air missiles, anti-ballistic missile and Tomahawk cruise missiles.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
On the second day of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan war, the Armenian military posted a video of one of its surface-to-air missile systems shooting down a surprising enemy aircraft: an Antonov AN-2 biplane.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 3 June 2024
The aircraft carrying the presidents was shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations.
—The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
Ukraine has successfully used both surface-to-air missiles and ground fire to target them.
—Joseph Federman, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
The yacht is also rumored to be carrying surface-to-air missiles, though that may be an urban legend.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Steve Fisher, USA TODAY, 29 June 2024
North Korea may also have supplied anti-tank missiles, portable surface-to-air missiles, rifles, rocket launchers, mortars, and shells, South Korean officials said in November.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 18 June 2024
Meanwhile, the Houthis apparently have shot down multiple MQ-9 Reaper drones with surface-to-air missile systems.
—Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2024
These include surface-to-air missiles, anti-ballistic missile and Tomahawk cruise missiles.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
On the second day of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan war, the Armenian military posted a video of one of its surface-to-air missile systems shooting down a surprising enemy aircraft: an Antonov AN-2 biplane.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 3 June 2024
The aircraft carrying the presidents was shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations.
—The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
Ukraine has successfully used both surface-to-air missiles and ground fire to target them.
—Joseph Federman, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
The yacht is also rumored to be carrying surface-to-air missiles, though that may be an urban legend.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
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