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air de·fense

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  1. air defensenoun

    defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness

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  1. air defense

    Air defense, also known as anti-aircraft warfare, is any method, strategy, or technology used to defend a geographical area, object, or military force from an enemy attack by aircraft, missiles, or other airborne threats. This typically involves the use of various weaponry, radar systems, and fighter aircraft to detect, intercept, and neutralize or destroy the attacking forces.

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  1. air defense

    Defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles in the atmosphere, or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack. Also called AD. See also active air defense; aerospace defense; passive air defense.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of air defense in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of air defense in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of air defense in a Sentence

  1. Yuriy Ihnat:

    Ukraine has been effective in the sky because we operate on our own land, the enemy flying into our airspace is flying into the zone of our air defense systems.

  2. Peter Layton:

    It could be an early training deployment as part of getting the J-10 squadron operationally ready for an ADIZ( air defense identification zone) declaration, this activity may be the new normal.

  3. Lindsey Graham:

    So the bottom line is, while a NATO no-fly zone seems to be a bridge too far for me and the administration, there is bipartisan support for sending a package that includes fighter jets and air defense systems to the Ukraine immediately, so that we can have a Ukrainian no-fly zone manned by Ukrainian pilots and manned by missile systems in the hands of the Ukrainian military.

  4. Mike Gallagher:

    There's more air defense weapons we can give them. We're talking about transferring the Switchblade 300 system, i think we still do a ton in order to give him what he needs to make this extremely difficult for the Russians and force them to back down, even if we don't go so far as to impose a no-fly zone.

  5. The Pentagon report:

    China could use missile attacks and precision air strikes against air defense systems, including air bases, radar sites, missiles, space assets, and communications facilities to degrade Taiwan's defenses, neutralize Taiwan's leadership, or break the Taiwan people's resolve.


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