surface-to-air
From below, attacking aircraft
Surface-to-air describes weapons or missiles designed to be launched from the ground or a ship to strike aircraft or other airborne targets: surface-to-air missile, surface-to-air defense system.
The term is military and technical, contrasting with air-to-air (between aircraft) and air-to-surface (from aircraft to ground).
Ground-to-sky weaponry
- stingerVenom-injecting body part
- patriotDevoted country supporter
- avengerRetribution dealer
- launcherDevice that sends projectiles
warhead · projectile · rocket · guided · heat-seeking · infrared · shoulder-fired · booster
Ground-to-sky weaponry
- flakIntense hostile reaction
- interceptorAircraft that intercepts threats
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
ack-ack · AAA · gunnery · artillery · shielding · deterrence · countermeasure · deployment
Radio-wave object detection
- lock-onAutomated target tracking
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
trajectory · azimuth · elevation · interception · ballistics · homing · seeker · signature
antiaircraft
Ground-to-sky weaponry
launcher · warhead · projectile · rocket · guided · heat-seeking · infrared · shoulder-fired · booster · propellant
antiaircraft
Ground-to-sky weaponry
- flakIntense hostile reaction
- interceptorAircraft that intercepts threats
- batteryPortable electricity storage
barrage · ack-ack · AAA · gunnery · artillery · shielding · deterrence · countermeasure · deployment · installation
radar
Radio-wave object detection
acquisition · trajectory · azimuth · elevation · interception · ballistics · homing · seeker · signature · detection
scramble
Mix into disorder
warfare · sortie · incursion · response · neutralize · shootdown · hostile · evasion · chaff · flares
- Missilesmissile, ICBM, cruise missile, ballistic missile, guided missile
- Munitionsbombs, missiles, bullets, ordnance, warheads
- rocket launchersrocket launcher, RPG, bazooka, shoulder-fired, rocket artillery
surface-to-airair-to-surface
From aircraft toward terrain
air-to-ground · surface-to-surface · ground-to-ground · air-dropped · air-to-air
surface, surfaces, resurface, surfaced, surfacing, aerate, airspace, aeration, resurfaced