Meaning | A guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target. |
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Synonym | SAM |
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Part of | surface-to-air missile system | The shipboard system that fires missiles at aircraft |
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Narrower | MANPAD | A man-portable surface-to-air missile |
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Stinger | A portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse |
Broader | guided missile | A rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices |
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Spanish | missil tierra-aire |
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Catalan | míssil sòl-aire, míssil terra-aire |
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