air-to-ship

Plane targets vessel

Air-to-ship describes weapons, missiles, or attacks launched from aircraft against naval vessels: The jet carried air-to-ship missiles.

The term belongs to military terminology that specifies the origin and target of ordnance—compare air-to-air, air-to-ground, surface-to-air.

weaponry

missile

Self-guided airborne weapon

  • rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
  • munitionMilitary weapon or projectile
  • warheadMunition's explosive section

ordnance · projectile · Harpoon · strike · payload · guidance · targeting · antiship · seeker · launch

military

naval

Of maritime warfare

attack · bomber · fighter · squadron · carrier · destroyer · frigate · warfare · engagement · operation

Opposites
launch platform

air-to-shipship-to-ship

Between two watercraft

land-based · submarine-launched · coastal defense · ground-based

target type

air-to-shipair-to-air

Between flying craft

air-to-ground · air-to-surface · anti-aircraft · anti-satellite · air defense

Family

air, ship, airs, airy, airship, ships, shipped, shipping, shipment

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