point defense missile system
1basic point defense missile system — noun a shipboard missile system • Hypernyms: ↑shipboard system …
2Missile Defense Alarm System — The Missile Defense Alarm System was an American system of 12 early warning satellites that provided limited notice of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile launches between 1960 and 1966. Originally intended to serve as a complete early… …
3Missile Defense Alarm System — MIDAS (satellite) MIDAS (acronyme de Missile Defense Alarm System) est une série de 12 satellites militaires américains mis sur orbite entre 1960 et 1966 pour détecter les lancements de missiles balistiques soviétiques. Les MIDAS constituent le… …
4rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …
5Maitri (missile) — The Maitri missile project is a next generation Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) with a lethal hundred per cent kill probability. It is a short range (15km,9.3mi) surface to air point defense missile system. It should not be confused …
6Agni missile system — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=Agni I/Agni II/Agni III/Agni IV caption= origin= IND type=Medium Range Ballistic Missile (Agni I) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (Agni II, Agni III) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (Agni IV) used by=… …
7Point-defence — (or point defense; see spelling differences) is the defence of a single object or a limited area, e.g. a ship, building or an airfield, usually against air attacks and guided missiles. Point defence weapons have a smaller range in contrast to… …
8shipboard system — noun a system designed to work as a coherent entity on board a naval ship • Hypernyms: ↑naval equipment, ↑system • Hyponyms: ↑anti submarine rocket, ↑basic point defense missile system, ↑naval tactical data system, ↑ …
9Missile defense — The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. A RIM 161 Standard Missile 3 anti ballistic missile is launched from USS Shiloh, a US Navy Ticonderoga class cruiser …
10DEFENSE FORCES — Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (1878–1948) The development of the self defense force of the yishuv was an influential part of the history of Jewish settlement in Ereẓ Israel. In the last quarter of the 19th century, when the first Jewish… …
