ground-to-ground
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ground-to-ground
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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On top of these, France is also weighing the delivery of ground-to-ground missiles, Lecornu said.
From Reuters • Oct. 15, 2022
Russia is building an arsenal including not just ground-to-ground missiles but also “antiship and antisubmarine missiles, torpedoes, and depth charges,” according to 2019 congressional testimony from the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2022
So it embarked on another buying spree, purchasing empty ordnance — aviation bombs from a Spanish manufacturer, American-designed artillery shells from European companies, and Egyptian and Italian ground-to-ground rockets — to be filled in Iraq.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2014
One official said the target was a shipment of advanced, long-range ground-to-ground missiles but was not more specific.
From Time • May 4, 2013
There were also reports, which Washington doubled, that the Soviets were shipping nuclear warheads into the area to mate them to the 200-mile-range "Scud" ground-to-ground missiles already in Egypt.
From Time Magazine Archive
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