antiballistic
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7.3
- adjective
- /ˌæntiˈbælɪstɪk/
- Specialized
:
antibalas
- The military developed new antiballistic systems to protect cities from missile attacks.
- antiballistic missile
- antiballistic missile system
- national antiballistic
Examples
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By planning to deploy a national antiballistic missile system prohibited by the ABM treaty, the United States is heading in the opposite direction.
Academic text (2000) -
More importantly, air defense systems are key and necessary components of most modern antiballistic missile systems.
Academic text (2015) -
For different reasons, both sides were interested from the beginning in equal limitations on antiballistic missile systems.
Academic text (1990) -
Other antiballistic missile systems have been deployed since the First Persian Gulf War and are still on station.
Blog text (21) -
These consequences need to be thoroughly weighed against the hoped-for advantages of a national antiballistic missile system.
Academic text (2000) -
It's a fully synchronized system of endoatmospheric antiballistic missiles, guided by a highly accurate radar.
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That was why the first achievement of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks was the treaty banning all but one antiballistic missile system on each side.
Academic text (2000) -
He particularly called attention to NATO's expansion and warned that the deployment of a US antiballistic missile system into Eastern Europe would be a precipitous step toward a new arms race.
Academic text (2015) -
If China deploys more missiles that can hit Japan as well as Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait, Tokyo will react by deploying antiballistic missiles and strengthening its Self-Defense Forces.
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But Johnson ultimately yielded to domestic political pressure and decided in 1967 to deploy the Sentinel antiballistic missile system, with McNamara explaining that it would be a "light" defense against China—which was to have no ICBMs for the next 11 years.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
Made to detect and destroy incoming missiles before they reach a target
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.9
A weapon that shoots down incoming missiles sent from far away
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Antiballistic comes from anti- 'against' and ballistic from a root meaning 'to throw', so it literally means 'against thrown projectiles'. That's why an antiballistic system is designed to intercept or destroy incoming missiles.