SURFACE-TO-AIR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Operating from or designed to be launched from the ground against an airborne target

Example:

surface-to-air missiles

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

air-to-air (operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight)

air-to-surface (operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground)