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surface-to-surface
[sur-fis-tuh-sur-fis]
adjective
(of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from a base on the surface of the earth to a target also on the surface.
adverb
from a base on the surface of the earth to a target on the surface.
surface-to-surface
adjective
of or relating to a missile launched from the surface of the earth against surface targets
Word History and Origins
Origin of surface-to-surface1
Example Sentences
The IDF also says it has destroyed a third of Iran's surface-to-surface launchers.
Most of its arsenal is made up of small, unguided, surface-to-surface artillery rockets.
They were built in the 1990s by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, but Israel has recently taken delivery of four larger and more heavily-armed German-built Sa’ar 6 corvettes, with 76mm main guns and new surface-to-surface missiles.
In Saturday’s attack, 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface-to-surface missiles were fired toward Israel, according to Israeli military officials.
Daniel Hagari, said that 99% of more than 300 launches, including drones, surface-to-surface missiles and cruise missiles, were intercepted outside Israeli territory.
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