ground-to-air


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ground-to-air

adj
1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (of weapons) designed to be fired at aircraft from the ground
2. (Telecommunications) (of communications) used for communicating with aircraft from the ground
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Translations

ground-to-air

[ˈgraʊndtʊˈɛəʳ] ADJtierra-aire
ground-to-air missilemisil m tierra-aire
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ground-to-air

[ˈgraʊndtuːˈɛəʳ] adjterra-aria inv
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He asked Mr Hammond to confirm "there will be a full level of multi-layered defence and deterrence for the London Games, including ground-to-air based missiles in London".
He urged ministers to ensure there would be 'a full range of multi-layered defence and deterrence for the London Games, including ground-to-air based missiles in London'.
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This event will provide a forum for open exchange of technical and programmatic information between the Defense Department, its military services, industry representatives, and foreign organizations in the test and evaluation of air-to-air and ground-to-air weapons systems, which provide air/ground crew training for combat readiness.
North Korea may have mistakenly fired two ground-to-air missiles near its border with China yesterday, a Japanese news report said.
Mr Reid said the board's findings showed three factors had contributed to the crash - which was not survivable - on January 30 just north of Baghdad Low-level daylight flying made the aircraft more vulnerable to ground-to-air fire.
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The Department of Homeland Security has narrowed to three a field of bidders seeking a six-month, $2 million contract to design concepts to protect jets from ground-to-air missiles that are thought to be in the possession of terrorist groups.