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antiballistic missile

NOUN
powered defense weapon
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Ukrainian defense company Fire Point is working on a domestically produced antiballistic missile system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The center does real-time operational forecasting for the military, for example, at the antiballistic missile systems site at Fort Greely, Alaska, and has done the computer modeling that has helped improve forecasting of wildfire behavior.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025

The interceptors were on the same base where the United States keeps a part of its antiballistic missile fleet.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2019

President Richard Nixon disbanded his council of scientific advisers in 1973 after its views clashed with his plans for an antiballistic missile system and supersonic airliners.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 20, 2016

In 1974, a protocol was signed that reduced antiballistic missile sites to one per country, since neither country had yet begun to build its second system.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014


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