surface-to-surface missiles
Land-attack ballistic projectiles
Surface-to-surface missiles are weapons launched from land or sea to strike targets on land or water—distinguished from surface-to-air missiles, which target aircraft.
They range from short-range tactical weapons to intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
The military deployed surface-to-surface missiles along the border.
- weaponryMilitary equipment collectively
- ballisticOf hurled objects
- short-rangeLimited in distance
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- PershingGreat War general
rocket · harpoon · Trident · long-range · warhead · hypersonic · tactical · ordnance · guided · trajectories · anti-ship · bunker buster · deterrence · arms race · dead hand · payload · nuclear warhead · V-2
surface-to-surface missilesair-to-ground missiles
Projectiles fired from aircraft at surface targets
surface-to-surface missilessurface-to-air missiles
Ground-based antiaircraft weapons
missile defense systems · Patriot missiles · interceptor missiles · air defense systems · SAMs
surface-to-surface missilesmissile defense systems
Infrastructure intercepting hostile projectiles
shields · interceptors · early warning systems · bunkers · fortifications
surface, surfaces, surfaced, surfacing, resurface, resurfaced, resurfacing, missile, missiles