no-fly zone
noun
technical
: an area where military airplanes are not allowed to fly during a conflict or war
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Ethiopia installed anti-aircraft batteries around the dam and declared the airspace above it a no-fly zone.
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Fred H. Lawson, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
Damien Symon, an open-source intelligence analyst, said on the social media platform X that India had declared a no-fly zone over the Bay of Bengal for a likely missile test—conducted from a northeastern island—effective Wednesday through Thursday.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
In it, a collection of European states would establish a no-fly zone, first over western Ukrainian territory and later over central Ukraine.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Western powers fear the Kremlin is increasingly testing NATO defenses, particularly with a series of recent drone incursions that prompted Poland to call for the military alliance to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
—semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Amid the continuing fallout over Russia’s drone incursion into Poland last week, Poland’s foreign minister on Monday called on NATO countries to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine to protect Europe from strikes.
—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Poland’s foreign minister has suggested that NATO states should consider imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine to protect the alliance’s territory and people from Russian drones.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
This would be an EU military mission akin to the counter-piracy or Balkan security efforts the European’s routinely execute.
— Plan and execute a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
—James Stavridis, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
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Fred H. Lawson, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025
Damien Symon, an open-source intelligence analyst, said on the social media platform X that India had declared a no-fly zone over the Bay of Bengal for a likely missile test—conducted from a northeastern island—effective Wednesday through Thursday.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
In it, a collection of European states would establish a no-fly zone, first over western Ukrainian territory and later over central Ukraine.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Western powers fear the Kremlin is increasingly testing NATO defenses, particularly with a series of recent drone incursions that prompted Poland to call for the military alliance to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
—semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Amid the continuing fallout over Russia’s drone incursion into Poland last week, Poland’s foreign minister on Monday called on NATO countries to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine to protect Europe from strikes.
—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Poland’s foreign minister has suggested that NATO states should consider imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine to protect the alliance’s territory and people from Russian drones.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
This would be an EU military mission akin to the counter-piracy or Balkan security efforts the European’s routinely execute.
— Plan and execute a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
—James Stavridis, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
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