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

So, I believe that we should resume the talks with the Soviet Union about limiting offensive and defensive missile systems.

From State of the Union Address by Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines)