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interdiction

[in-ter-dik-shuhn] / ˌɪn tərˈdɪk ʃən /




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In the summer and fall of 2025, an elite Russian drone unit known as Rubikon began conducting its own air interdiction campaign, targeting the Ukrainian rear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Peaco has worked on drone interdiction programs since 2018, when he began with the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

His career has included Coast Guard search and rescue operations, maritime salvage missions, drug interdiction work, and research at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory involving autonomous systems, space technologies, and undersea platforms.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

"Overnight, U.S. forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T Majestic X transporting oil from Iran, in the Indian Ocean," it said on X.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

What we were supposed to be doing was what they called an interdiction number.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers




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