antimissile
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- noun
- /ˌæntiˈmɪsəl/
- Specialized
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sistema antimisiles
- During the military exercise, the effectiveness of the antimissile defense was demonstrated against a series of simulated threats.
- antimissile system
- antimissile defense
- deployment of an antimissile
Examples
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The government invested heavily in the development of the new antimissile system to protect the city from potential attacks.
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Participating Units: 700 U.S. Army soldiers from Germany and Patriot antimissile batteries.
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Part of some early warning antimissile defense system against the Soviet Union.
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A nonstrategic antimissile system should serve the interests of all Europe, not just one alliance.
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Taiwan will also receive briefings on the PAC-3 antimissile system.
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Nevertheless, the creation of a national antimissile defense system would also have negative international consequences that would destabilize not only Russia-U.S. relations but others as well.
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The A-35 system—this is our first antimissile defense system intended for the defense of the Moscow industrial area.
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For example, a ring of ground radar stations, capable of fulfilling antimissile defense tasks, including those being deployed in the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Norway, would be able to block the trajectories of Russian ballistic missiles.
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On September 28, 2007, a mock warhead fired from KLC was successfully intercepted by an antimissile interceptor launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base (Federal, 2007).
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The advanced antimissile technology enabled the military to confidently safeguard its airspace from incoming missile strikes.
Synonyms
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4.2
Systems and weapons that protect a place from enemy aircraft or missiles
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4.6
A set of weapons and radar that find and stop enemy missiles before they hit
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8.2
A missile that destroys incoming long-range missiles
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6.3
A rocket that stops and destroys incoming long-range missiles before they reach their target
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A weapon that shoots down incoming missiles sent from far away
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6.1
A way of protecting an area from enemy planes or missiles using weapons and electronic systems to stop them
A weapon or system made to stop incoming missiles before they reach their target
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
An antimissile is named from anti- 'against' plus missile, from an old word that means 'to send' and is related to mission. That's why an antimissile is a weapon or system made to find and stop incoming missiles.