anti-aircraft
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The drive, which includes a new anti-missile, anti-aircraft and anti-drone defensive dome called "Achilles's Shield", is aimed at addressing rapidly changing geopolitical challenges and fraying transatlantic ties, the government has said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
Taiwanese marines, equipped with anti-aircraft missiles, would likely defend the city’s airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
Maduro boasts some 5,000 Russian Igla-S, man-portable anti-aircraft missiles positioned at key air-defense points.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
Flying from RAF Gosfield, near Braintree, Essex, Mr Latham carried a mortar section, with a Jeep and trailer, and was dropped into ground smoke and heavy anti-aircraft fire.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
This one made it past the anti-aircraft guns and came in just as planned, easy peasy, about 70 miles north of here, on Mon.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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