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altitude

[al-ti-tood, -tyood] / ˈæl tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /
NOUN
height in the sky
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK


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Similarly, the U.S. had 360 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems before the war started.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Those strikes have included an early warning radar for a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad, system in Jordan, as well as other targets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

What’s more, in January, the Defense Department and Lockheed announced External link a plan to quadruple the number of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptors, to 400 per year from 96.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Defense Department to quadruple the annual production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor missiles, to 400 from 96.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

That making upon the same Basis, a Cone of a less Altitude, it shall be also less grave, and shall so much the more rest without Submersion.

From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galilei, Galileo




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