单词 | anti-ballistic missile |
释义 | anti-ballistic missileadj.n. A. adj. (in attributive use). Of a missile, defence system, etc.: designed to defend against ballistic missiles. ΚΠ 1957 N.Y. Times 14 May 16/4 What has been described as the ‘ultimate weapon’, the anti-ballistic-missile missile, a weapon designed to locate and destroy ballistic missiles. 1963 Missiles & Rockets 16 Sept. 14/1 The Soviet Union may be developing an anti-ballistic missile system capable of de-activating U.S. missiles in their silos. 2010 T. Blair Journey xiv. 418 Iraq declared the consumption of a number of SCUD missiles as targets in the development of an anti-ballistic missile defence system during the 1980s. B. n. A missile designed to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles. Abbreviated ABM. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > types of loon1947 seeker1949 Honest John1952 Nike1952 heat-seeker1956 anti-ballistic missile1957 Polaris1957 Pershing1958 SAM1958 cruise missile1959 sea-cat1959 minuteman1961 ABM1963 lance1964 Exocet1970 trident1972 MX missile1973 stinger1975 cruise1976 tomahawk1976 silo buster1977 Euromissile1979 Brilliant Pebbles1988 1957 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 22 Nov. 7/1 Reports of projects for ballistic missiles, anti-ballistic missiles, an earth satellite and an atom-powered plane came in a steady stream from Washington. 1978 Bull. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. Feb. 4 The possible use of antiballistic missiles was soon to become a subject of lively debate. 2021 China Daily (Internat. ed.) 8 Feb. 8 Anti-ballistic missiles are a highly difficult technology to master. Intercepting a ballistic missile in flight is like shooting a bullet to hit another bullet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adj.n.1957 |
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