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Antiaircraft

Antiaircraft meaning

Alternative spelling of anti-aircraft.

Example sentences (17)

Activity aboard the Pennsylvania was even quieter than normal since she was excused, due to being drydocked, from the normal morning antiaircraft drills.

Beamish and Boyd both took evasive action, turning away sharply, which drew antiaircraft fire from the ships below.

The Chinese forces lacked antiaircraft weapons and suffered heavy casualties from Japanese bombers.

They noticed the antiaircraft fire, but it was not until a Japanese Aichi “Val” dive-bomber winged over and flashed the rising sun insignia that Patriarca knew something was very wrong.

WASHINGTON — Iran has developed a new type of antiaircraft missile and shipped it to Houthi rebels in Yemen, Pentagon officials announced Wednesday.

The RAF lost two aircraft to the Tirpitz’s antiaircraft guns.

The shore-based antiaircraft gunnery defenses were aided by heavy booms installed in the fjord mooring’s mouth.

The Syrian air defense network in western Syria is very densely populated with antiaircraft missile and radar systems.

Altogether, in January, two Tomahawks were lost; one downed by German antiaircraft artillery and one lost to Messerschmitts.

Ensign Joe Taussig Jr., aboard USS, commanded the ship's antiaircraft guns and was severely wounded, but continued to be on post.

For maritime patrol services, these craft are usually quite well armed with machine guns and 37mm antiaircraft guns.

Soon supplies and reinforcements arrived and even some antiaircraft guns, giving the island a garrison of a few dozen weathermen and soldiers.

The bow's net cutter and the 20mm antiaircraft cannon were removed.

The cause of the airship's loss was not discovered by the Germans, who believed the Zeppelin had been brought down by antiaircraft fire from surface ships.

The MIM-104 Patriot and other ground-based antiaircraft systems use phased array radar for similar benefits.

The Zeppelin was the target of concentrated antiaircraft fire, but no hits were scored and the falling shrapnel caused both damage and alarm on the ground.

This base was also used by LZ 85 to conduct two raids on Salonika in early 1916: a third raid on 4 May ended with it being brought down by antiaircraft fire.