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Definition of Missile defence system
1. Noun. Naval weaponry providing a defense system.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Missile Defence System
Literary usage of Missile defence system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remember Your Humanity: International Student/Young Pugwash Yearbook 2005 by Arthur Petersen, Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra (2006)
"... with the US government on a sea-based missile defence system (formally known
as Navy Theater Wide Missile Defence, but now renamed as Aegis ..."
2. UN Peace-keeping Operations: A Guide to Japanese Policies by L. William Heinrich, Akiho Shibata, Yoshihide Soeya (1999)
"... MSDF has Aegis-class destroyers, the ASDF has some 175 F-15s as well as AWACs
aircraft, and the GSDF has deployed the Patriot missile defence system. ..."
3. Asia's Emerging Regional Order: Reconciling Traditional and Human Security by William T. Tow, In-Taek Hyun (2000)
"... to move toward developing a theatre missile defence system to neutralize
Chinese and North Korean nuclear capabilities all signal that the Asia-Pacific ..."
4. Kosovo and the Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention: Selective Indignation by Albrecht Schnabel, Ramesh Chandra Thakur (2000)
"In it the Russians apparently agreed to discuss changes to the ABM Treaty that
could facilitate US plans for a possible national missile defence system. ..."
5. Maintaining Outer Space for Peaceful Uses: Proceedings of a Symposium Held by Nandasiri Jasentuliyana, United Nations University, International Institute of Space Law (1984)
"The possible deployment of a ballistic missile defence system that can also be
used as an anti-satellite weapon will complicate discussions at the ..."
6. Enhancing Global Governance: Towards a New Diplomacy? by Andrew Fenton Cooper, John English, Ramesh Chandra Thakur (2002)
"If the Bush people have their way, the USA will build its national missile defence
system in short order, may well abrogate the ABM treaty, and there will ..."