anti-air
Against flying threats
Anti-air describes weapons, defenses, or tactics designed to attack aircraft or missiles from the ground or sea.
The term appears most often in military contexts and video games: anti-air artillery, anti-air missiles, The turret has anti-air capabilities.
Also written as antiair or anti-aircraft.
Intense hostile reaction
- ack-ackAntiaircraft gunfire
- AAATop credit rating
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- interceptorAircraft that intercepts threats
cannon · artillery · batteries · gunnery · turret · launcher · Stinger · pom-pom
Airborne transportation vehicle
- bomberExplosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
warplane · jet · missile · glider · reconnaissance · sortie · squadron · formation
Radio-wave object detection
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- detectionAct of finding something
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- scrambleMix into disorder
lock-on · targeting · jamming · countermeasures · interception · engagement · umbrella · coverage
flak
Intense hostile reaction
interceptor · cannon · artillery · batteries · gunnery · turret · launcher · Stinger · pom-pom · tracer
aircraft
Airborne transportation vehicle
- bomberExplosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- droneUnmanned flying machine
helicopter · warplane · jet · missile · glider · reconnaissance · sortie · squadron · formation · incursion
radar
Radio-wave object detection
scramble · lock-on · targeting · jamming · countermeasures · interception · engagement · umbrella · coverage · perimeter
- fighting movespunch, uppercut, kick, jab, elbow strike
anti-airanti-tank
Designed to destroy armor
anti-ship · ground-to-ground · anti-personnel · surface-to-surface · anti-submarine
anti-airair-to-ground
From aircraft to surface
air-to-surface · close air support · ground strike · bombing · strafing
air, airy, airless, airborne, airs, aired, airing, aerial, aerate