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 deployments include expanded land-based Patriot defensive missile installations in Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, but the numbers are expected to grow, officials said.

From Reuters • May 27, 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 Wharton, Edith