surface-to-air missile

noun

: a missile that is fired from the ground or a ship and directed at an airplane

Examples of surface-to-air missile in a Sentence

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During the War of Attrition between Israel and Egypt, the squadron dueled Egyptian MiG-21 fighters with great success and battled SA-2 surface-to-air missile batteries established along the Suez canal with mixed outcomes. — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2023

The Patriot surface-to-air missile system, for example, is believed to be able to destroy them. — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023

City-council official Anatoliy Kurtiev said Russia hit the residential block with an S-300 surface-to-air missile, which Moscow has deployed extensively to strike targets across Ukraine. — Ann M. Simmons and Isabel Coles, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023

Before the battery died, the drone had sent some low-resolution footage that appeared to show surface-to-air missile systems. — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2023

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