surface-to-air

surface-to-air
/serr"fis tooh air"/, adj.
1. (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
adv.
2. from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere: an antimissile missile fired surface-to-air.
[1945-50]

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