单词 | missile defence |
释义 | > as lemmasmissile defence missile defence n. chiefly U.S. a defensive system designed to repel enemy missile attacks, esp. by the use of anti-ballistic missiles; frequently attributive designating such a system. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > [noun] > means of defence > specific defence system SAGE1955 missile defence1971 1967 Listener 9 Feb. 185/1 Confusion is nowhere giddier than in consideration of anti-ballistic-missile defence.] 1971 E. Luttwak Dict. Mod. War Foreword 9 The Pentagon had to prod a reluctant Congress to release funds for the Safeguard missile defense system. 1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xxxi. 512 There was an eyewitness account from an unnamed destroyer about a missile that had leaked through her missile defenses. 2000 Nation 17 June 17/1 The strongest push for missile defense has come from Reaganite true believers in conservative think tanks. < as lemmas |
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