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  • adjective of a missile fired from a ship at an aircraft in flight, or at an incoming missile

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  • South Korea has embarked on an ambitious $665 billion Defense Reform 2020 initiative, which will increase the military budget by roughly 10% a year until 2020. most of the extra money will go to a host of expensive, high-tech systems such as new F-15K fighters from Boeing, SM-6 ship-to-air missiles that can form a low-altitude missile shield, and Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • The ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens.

    CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2008 2008

  • The ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens.

    CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2007 2007

  • The ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens.

    CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2007 2007

  • The ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens.

    CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2007 2007

  • The ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens.

    CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2007 2007

  • The ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens.

    CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2007 2007

  • The ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens.

    CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2007 2007

  • The ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens.

    CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2006 2006

  • The ship-to-air missile from the USS Normandy would have blown that plane to smithereens.

    CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2006 2006

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