variants
or antiship
: designed to destroy ships
anti-ship missiles
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This year, the US military has deployed an anti-ship missile launcher for the first time on the northern tip of the Philippine archipelago, just across the strait from Taiwan, a self-governing democracy Beijing has vowed to take by force if necessary.
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Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
The idea is that these nodes can be quickly deployed where required by AUVs like Anduril's Dive-XL and then carry out surveillance and reconnaissance for anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
Ukraine's air force said Russia had attacked the southern Kherson region with an Onyx anti-ship cruise missile launched from Crimea from 2 a.m. local time (7 p.m. ET Saturday) and targeted the southern Mykolaiv region with anti-radar missiles.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Russia has supplied some weapons to the Houthis and last year came close to providing them with advanced anti-ship weapons in retaliation for American assistance to Ukraine.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
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Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
The idea is that these nodes can be quickly deployed where required by AUVs like Anduril's Dive-XL and then carry out surveillance and reconnaissance for anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
Ukraine's air force said Russia had attacked the southern Kherson region with an Onyx anti-ship cruise missile launched from Crimea from 2 a.m. local time (7 p.m. ET Saturday) and targeted the southern Mykolaiv region with anti-radar missiles.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Russia has supplied some weapons to the Houthis and last year came close to providing them with advanced anti-ship weapons in retaliation for American assistance to Ukraine.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-ship
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“Anti-ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-ship. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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