missile batteries
Guided weapon stations
Missile batteries are grouped installations of missile launchers operated as a single tactical unit.
The term comes from artillery, where a battery has long meant a cluster of guns functioning together.
A battery might consist of several launch platforms, radar systems, and command equipment working in coordination: The country deployed additional missile batteries along its northern border.
Surface-to-air missile batteries defend against aircraft; coastal batteries target ships.
- launcherDevice that sends projectiles
- launch siteRocket departure facility
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- early warningAlert before event occurs
- antiaircraftGround-to-sky weaponry
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Infrastructure intercepting hostile projectiles
Iron Dome · THAAD · bunkers · interceptors · fortifications
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Character-driven interactive fiction
small arms · sidearms · infantry weapons · rifles · pistols
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Areas banning armed forces
disarmament · nuclear-free zones · nuclear disarmament · peace treaties · arms reduction
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