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How to use the word ground-based in a Sentence?

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Most Western air-to-ground munitions for close air support are optimized for being delivered from medium altitude, with a targeting pod, and that’s not really viable near the frontlines because of the Russian ground-based air-defense threat.

Justin Bronk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The idea that Western fighter aircraft would allow Ukraine to operate combat air sorties over Russian territory in any sort of regular sense is just fantasy, the reality is that Western fighter aircraft will also be very constrained by the surface-to-air threat by Russian ground-based air defense systems, just as the Ukrainians currently are.

Justin Bronk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

SpinLaunch was just an exercise in taking a fresh look at how can we use renewable energy and ground based energy to really just do this in a different way, i ran about maybe 20 or 30 different scenarios from rail guns to electromagnetic accelerators, to, you know, space cannons, to light gas guns.

Jonathan Yaney

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We understand that those sorts of comments will be made in the process, but we will make our judgment based on what is right for Canada and not be deterred from making the right decision, we are determined to stand our ground based on what is right for Canada ... this is a tough and turbulent world.

Ralph Goodale

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

These ground-based interceptors in the system fielded right now at Ft. Greely and at Vandenberg Air Force Base are the best of what we've got, we're ready, if called on, to respond to threats against our nation.

Kevin Kick

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

There is an ongoing concern that ground-based astronomy is at risk long-term. There just are not that many pristine sites left, as these cities and highways grow, you start to wash out the faintest objects. The thing is, the faintest objects are the reason we're building these telescopes in the first place.

Patrick McCarthy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We've moved, over time, a good deal of missile defense capability to the region, ground-based interceptors to Alaska, surface combatants to the Western Pacific, a THAAD battery on Guam, another radar in Japan in order to be ready and vigilant for anything the North Koreans may or may not do.

South Korea Mark Lippert

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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