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antiaircraft

[ an-tee-air-kraft, -krahft, an-tahy- ]

adjective

  1. designed for or used in defense against enemy aircraft.


noun

  1. artillery used against enemy aircraft.
  2. a military organization operating and servicing antiaircraft artillery.
  3. shellfire from antiaircraft artillery:

    The planes flew through heavy antiaircraft.

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of antiaircraft1

First recorded in 1910–15; anti- + aircraft
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The Israeli military said it targeted Syrian antiaircraft batteries, missile depots, manufacturing facilities, drones, helicopters, fighter jets, tanks, hangars, radars and 15 naval vessels.

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Given Russia’s relentless push west, it is vital to reinforce the permission with other measures, particularly boosting Ukraine’s antiaircraft capability with weapons such as Patriot missiles.

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During a visit in 1972, she was photographed wearing a helmet and sitting in the gunner’s seat of a North Vietnamese antiaircraft gun.

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Called “Hanoi Jane” for her controversial activities during the war, the actress infamously posed on a North Vietnamese antiaircraft gun that was used to target American pilots.

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The first antiaircraft guns were installed originally on ships, and then on land.

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