variants
or antiship
: designed to destroy ships
anti-ship missiles
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It is equipped with a naval gun, air defense and anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, and is capable of supporting flight operations with a helicopter landing deck.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
In April 2022, Ukrainian anti-ship missiles sank the Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, in a humiliating blow for the Kremlin.
—Fox News, 5 July 2024
Hours later, the Houthis fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles from southern Yemen into the Gulf of Aden, hitting the cargo ship MV Islander.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
This would require the United States to position significant munitions—anti-ship missiles, mines, coastal and air defense batteries throughout the region and on Taiwan itself—enough to convince China that any attempt to take the island would prove futile.
—Dmitri Alperovitch, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
In April 2022, Ukrainian anti-ship missiles sank the Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, in a humiliating blow for the Kremlin.
—Fox News, 5 July 2024
Hours later, the Houthis fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles from southern Yemen into the Gulf of Aden, hitting the cargo ship MV Islander.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
This would require the United States to position significant munitions—anti-ship missiles, mines, coastal and air defense batteries throughout the region and on Taiwan itself—enough to convince China that any attempt to take the island would prove futile.
—Dmitri Alperovitch, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
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“Anti-ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-ship. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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