defensive missile
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Army post in Oklahoma, and returned to Europe to learn more about using the defensive missile system to track and shoot down enemy aircraft.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 15, 2023
You get only one chance to hit an incoming missile with a multimillion-dollar defensive missile, after all, and ships can carry only a limited supply.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2022
At the center of that battle was a plan to build a defensive missile shield: weapons that would orbit the planet.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 22, 2017
The only prohibition on missile defense in the treaty bars both sides from converting ballistic missile launchers for use as defensive missile launchers.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2010
She could be as unscrupulous in fighting for herself as she was reckless in courting danger, and whatever came to her hand at such moments was likely to be used as a defensive missile.
From House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
