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Definition of Surface-to-air missile

1. Noun. A guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Surface-to-air Missile

suretyship suretyships surety bond sure as shooting sure enough sure thing surf surfable surface surface(a)

surface-active surface-active agent surface-assimilative surface-mine surface-to-air surface-to-air missile (current term) surface-to-air missile system surfaced surfacer surfacers

surfaces surface area surface assimilation surface fire surface gage surface gauge surface lift surface mail surface mine surface noise

Literary usage of Surface-to-air missile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Operation Desert Storm: Evaluation of the Air Campaign by Kwai-Cheung Chan (1998)
"The iocs were linked to air bases with interceptor aircraft, as well as to dozens of surface-to-air missile and antiaircraft artillery sites. ..."

2. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"... surface-to-air missile site—(DOD) A plot of ground prepared in such a manner that it will readily accept the hardware used in surface- to-air missile ..."

3. Setup: What the Air Force Did in Vietnam and Why by Earl H. Tilford, Jr. (1991)
"... North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile site. An Air Force RF-101 photographed this typical SA-2 SAM site near Hanoi. SAMs claimed less than 100 of the ..."

4. Ballistic Missile Defense Programs: Congressional Hearings edited by Strom Thurmond (2000)
"The plan calls for the hedge to consist of upgrades to the Patriot PAC-3 surface-to-air missile system, as well as to F-15 radars, AWACS radars, ..."

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