Definition of Antiballistic missile

1. Noun. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles. "The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs"

Exact synonyms: Abm
Generic synonyms: Guided Missile

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiballistic Missile

antiautomorphisms
antiauxin
antiauxins
antiavian
antiavoidance
antibacchius
antibachii
antibacklash
antibacterial
antibacterial drug
antibacterial ointment
antibacterial soap
antibacterially
antibacterials
antiballistic
antiballistic missile (current term)
antiban
antibanking
antibarbari
antibarbarus
antibaryon
antibaryonic
antibaryons
antibattery
antibeauty
antibechic
antiberiberi factor
antiberiberi vitamin
antibias
antibike

Literary usage of Antiballistic missile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Space Handbook: A War Fighter's Guide to Space by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... the administration did not succeed in keeping funds for ASAT testing intact. ono Strategic Defense Initiative and the antiballistic missile Treaty From ..."

2. The Price of Dominance: The New Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their by Jan Lodal (2001)
"Controlling the Arms Race by Limiting ABMs The 1972 antiballistic missile Treaty and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms were bilateral ..."

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