surface-to-air missile
Ground-launched aircraft destroyer
A surface-to-air missile is a guided weapon launched from the ground or a ship to destroy aircraft or other airborne targets.
Military forces use them for air defense, from portable shoulder-fired systems to large installations protecting cities or bases: The helicopter was brought down by a surface-to-air missile.
Often abbreviated SAM.
- StingerPortable surface-to-air missile
- heat-seekingAttracted to warmth sources
- locked onFixed attention firmly
- Iron DomeAerial interception network
- launcherDevice that sends projectiles
THAAD · anti-aircraft · shoot down · interceptor · target acquisition · fire control · payload · trajectory · command and control · torpedo · warhead · Aegis · supersonic · flak · reentry vehicle · skyrocket · searchlights · limbo
- Air Combatair strike, airstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft
- projectilesbullet, bullets, arrow, rocket, rockets
- air defenseair defense, anti-aircraft, anti-aircraft guns, Stinger, Aegis
- guided weaponsguided bomb, smart bomb, laser-guided bomb, Maverick, AGM
- ranged weaponsbow and arrow, crossbow, longbow, rifle, pistol
- Heavy Weaponscannon, howitzer, artillery piece, tank gun, field gun
surface-to-air missilecruise missile
Self-propelled flying weapon
gravity bomb · ballistic missile · glide bomb · guided bomb · AGM
surface-to-air missilestrike aircraft
Warplane for surface attacks
bomber · strategic bomber · dive bomber · attack helicopter · close air support
surface, missile, surfaces, surfaced, surfacing, resurface, airless, missiles, mission