ground-to-ground

American  

[ground-tuh-ground] / ˈgraʊnd təˈgraʊnd /

adjective

1. surface-to-surface.

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Etymology

Origin of ground-to-ground

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

And the U.S. is providing a new ground-to-ground missile, the awkwardly named Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb, with a range of about 90 miles — longer than the missiles Ukraine has now but still only half the reach of another the country has requested.

From Los Angeles Times

On top of these, France is also weighing the delivery of ground-to-ground missiles, Lecornu said.

From Reuters

“The South Korea-U.S. combined firing of the ground-to-ground missiles demonstrated the capability and posture to launch immediate precision strikes on the origins of provocations, even if North Korea launches missiles from various locations,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.

From Washington Post

Pentagon officials have detected that the Russian military is having problems with the performance of air-to-ground and ground-to-ground missiles in the war.

From New York Times

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