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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Street Road starts about thirteen miles west of the McDonald’s, near Nike Park, named for the Nike missile battery, now defunct, that was installed when East Coast cities were ringed with surface-to-air missiles, in case there was a Soviet ICBM attack.
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The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Zhu also denounced the U.S.'s recent $2 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, approved last week that includes surface-to-air Missile Systems, radar equipment, and related equipment.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Fighting off twice or three times that number with dwindling reserves of surface-to-air missiles will be a bigger challenge.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
However, Iran has armed the rebels with a surface-to-air missile known as the 358 for years.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
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The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Zhu also denounced the U.S.'s recent $2 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, approved last week that includes surface-to-air Missile Systems, radar equipment, and related equipment.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Fighting off twice or three times that number with dwindling reserves of surface-to-air missiles will be a bigger challenge.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
However, Iran has armed the rebels with a surface-to-air missile known as the 358 for years.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Surface-to-air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surface-to-air. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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