"air-to-air missile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: air-to-air missiles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} air-to-air missile (plural air-to-air missiles)
  1. (military) A missile that is fired from an aircraft to attack another aircraft. Wikipedia link: air-to-air missile Categories (topical): Military Derived forms: AAM [abbreviation] Related terms: air-to-surface missile, surface-to-air missile, surface-to-surface missile Translations (missile): 空對空導彈 (Chinese Mandarin), 空对空导弹 (kōngduìkōng dǎodàn) (Chinese Mandarin), raketa vzduch-vzduch [feminine] (Czech), luft-til-luft-missil [neuter] (Danish), ilmataisteluohjus (Finnish), Luft-Luft-Rakete [feminine] (German), míssil ar-ar [masculine] (Portuguese), rachetă aer-aer [feminine] (Romanian), jaktrobot [common-gender] (Swedish), havadan havaya füze (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-air-to-air_missile-en-noun-jwwl6~5~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, politics, war

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