anti-aircraft

Speech parts

1. anti-aircraft - Noun

2. anti-aircraft - Adjective

Meaning

anti-aircraft (not comparable)

(military) Intended to attack aircraft.

(military) Anti-aircraft artillery.

(military) An anti-aircraft artillery organization.

(military) Anti-aircraft fire.

Alternative names

anti aircraft

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Examples

A battery of 86 mm line-carrying anti-aircraft rockets was tested (similar to a device used by the British in the defense of airfields), but this idea proved unworkable. Source: Internet

"According to the information received, 12 OSA anti-aircraft missile systems of the Armenian air defence units were destroyed in different directions. Source: Internet

Add to these difficulties the disruptive effects of increasingly accurate anti-aircraft fire and head-on attacks by fighter aircraft and the theoretical accuracy of daylight bombing was often hard to achieve. Source: Internet

Also, until 1943-44 the light anti-aircraft armament of most cruisers was weak. Source: Internet

Although area bombing theorists acknowledged that measures could be taken to defend against bombers – using fighter planes and anti-aircraft artillery - the maxim of the times remained " the bomber will always get through ". Source: Internet

All U-flaks were converted back to standard attack boats and fitted with Turm 4, the standard anti-aircraft armament for U-boats at the time. Source: Internet

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