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  • adjective of a missile fired from a an aircraft in flight to a ship

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Examples

  • The country's present arsenal of air-to-ship missiles is subsonic and can be shot down.

    english.chosun.com : Total 2010

  • Anti-ship ballistic missiles are only one part of an arsenal (including air-to-ship missiles, ship-to-ship missiles, and submarines) intended to make the USN nervous about using its carriers anywhere near Taiwan, and consequently to make the US political leadership nervous about intervening.

    Lawyers, Guns and Money 2008

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