antiaircraft
Shoots down planes
Antiaircraft describes weapons, defenses, or fire designed to attack enemy aircraft: antiaircraft guns, antiaircraft missiles, antiaircraft battery.
The term emerged with military aviation in the early twentieth century.
Often abbreviated AA or hyphenated as anti-aircraft.
Intense hostile reaction
- surface-to-airGround-to-sky weaponry type
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- gunProjectile-launching weapon
battery · emplacement · turret · Stinger · munitions · ordnance · caliber · tracer
Seizing something in transit
- targetingSelecting as objective
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- lock-onAutomated target tracking
- radarRadio-wave object detection
engagement · barrage · salvo · burst · volley · scramble · alert · deployment
Working team aboard
- gunnerOne who fires artillery
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- unitIndividual part or measure
training · drill · mission · sortie · patrol · reconnaissance · surveillance · sector
Guarding against harm
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- umbrellaHandheld rain shelter
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
perimeter · installation · bunker · fortification · emplacement · hardening · camouflage · concealment
flak
Intense hostile reaction
- surface-to-airGround-to-sky weaponry type
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- cannonLarge mounted gun
gun · battery · emplacement · turret · Stinger · munitions · ordnance · caliber · tracer · shrapnel
interception
Seizing something in transit
- targetingSelecting as objective
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- lock-onAutomated target tracking
radar · engagement · barrage · salvo · burst · volley · scramble · alert · deployment · formation
crew
Working team aboard
unit · training · drill · mission · sortie · patrol · reconnaissance · surveillance · sector · zone
protection
Guarding against harm
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- umbrellaHandheld rain shelter
shield · perimeter · installation · bunker · fortification · emplacement · hardening · camouflage · concealment · dispersal
- air raidsair raid, air strike, bombing, raid, bomb
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- Pacific WarPearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, Midway, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
- WWII Navalbattleship, submarine, destroyer, cruiser, torpedo
- Leningrad Siegeblockade, encirclement, Leningrad, starvation, bread rations
antiaircraftantitank
Designed against armored vehicles
antiship · antisubmarine · air-to-ground · surface-to-surface · antipersonnel
antiaircraftoffensive
Causing displeasure or attack-oriented
strike · attack · bomber · air-to-ground · air-to-air
antiaircraftaircraft
Airborne transportation vehicle
warplane · bomber · fighter jet · attack helicopter · military aircraft
- antiaircraft gunsWeapons targeting aircraft
aircraft, anti, airborne, airspace, antitank, antisubmarine, Air Force, antimissile, air defense