antiballistic missile
noun
an·ti·bal·lis·tic missile
ˌan-tē-bə-ˈli-stik- 
ˌan-ˌtī-
ˌan-ˌtī-
: a missile for intercepting and destroying ballistic missiles
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With complete antiballistic missile means, China can significantly contain the enemy's strategic strike capabilities, which is of great significance.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Treaties to limit the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons have expired, more nations than ever before are poised to develop new arsenals, and potential destabilizing factors such as antiballistic missile defense systems and novel hypersonic weapons platforms continue to multiply.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2021
Russian military hardware, including antiballistic missile systems, now sit on the soil of Turkey and Greece (both NATO members), as well as in Iran and Syria; America’s regional partner Saudi Arabia recently agreed to buy such systems too.
—Kathryn E. Stoner, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
The diplomat, Aleksei Karpov, Russia’s envoy to international organizations in Vienna, blamed the United States for setting Russia on the path to developing a new device by withdrawing from an antiballistic missile treaty over 15 years ago.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2019
Instead, the Navy will build more destroyers of a more conventional type and outfit them with the radars and antiballistic missiles needed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2013
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Treaties to limit the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons have expired, more nations than ever before are poised to develop new arsenals, and potential destabilizing factors such as antiballistic missile defense systems and novel hypersonic weapons platforms continue to multiply.
—The Editors, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2021
Russian military hardware, including antiballistic missile systems, now sit on the soil of Turkey and Greece (both NATO members), as well as in Iran and Syria; America’s regional partner Saudi Arabia recently agreed to buy such systems too.
—Kathryn E. Stoner, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
The diplomat, Aleksei Karpov, Russia’s envoy to international organizations in Vienna, blamed the United States for setting Russia on the path to developing a new device by withdrawing from an antiballistic missile treaty over 15 years ago.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2019
Instead, the Navy will build more destroyers of a more conventional type and outfit them with the radars and antiballistic missiles needed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2013
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antiballistic missile
noun
an·ti·bal·lis·tic missile
ˌant-i-bə-ˌlis-tik-
ˌan-ˌtī-
: a missile for stopping and destroying ballistic missiles
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