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Definition of Surface-to-air missile system
1. Noun. The shipboard system that fires missiles at aircraft.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surface-to-air Missile System
Literary usage of Surface-to-air missile system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"... missile installation—(DOD) A surface-to-air missile site with the surface-to-
air missile system hardware installed. surface-to-air missile site—(DOD) A ..."
2. Ballistic Missile Defense Programs: Congressional Hearings edited by Strom Thurmond (2000)
"The plan calls for the hedge to consist of upgrades to the Patriot PAC-3
surface-to-air missile system, as well as to F-15 radars, AWACS radars, ..."
3. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon, Robert Q. Marston (1986)
"Defensive weapons include the Nike-Hercules surface-to-air missile system capable
of firing nuclear warheads and nuclear land mines known as atomic ..."
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