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...surface warfare]] and [[anti-air warfare]], or [[anti-tank warfare]] and [[anti-aircraft artillery]]

...] of [[Second World War]] vintage, armed with [[5"-38 caliber gun]]s and [[anti-aircraft artillery|anti-aircraft]] [[autocannon]], [[torpedo]]es, and [[depth charge]]s. More

An air defense that combines [[radar]], [[anti-aircraft artillery]], [[surface-to-air missile]]s, and [[fighter aircraft]], presenting multip

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..., [[radio]] and other communications links, [[surface-to-air missile]]s, [[anti-aircraft artillery]], [[fighter aircraft]] and their airbases and command posts of air defense

A Soviet 57mm [[anti-aircraft artillery]] piece, introduced in the 1950s and replaced by missiles as the division-l

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...ocity German [[cannon]] of the Second World War, originally developed as [[anti-aircraft artillery]] but, as perhaps the classic dual-purpose gun, developing a fearsome reput

...tile a relatively flat trajectory, which is desirable in direct fire for [[anti-aircraft artillery]] or [[anti-tank warfare]]. A flat trajectory also gives maximum range for

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...Culver City]], home of the [[Hughes Aircraft Company]] and [[MGM]]. Army [[anti-aircraft artillery]] located in [[Inglewood]] and [[Santa Monica]] fired thousands of rounds o

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...the Second World War, were [[anti-submarine warfare]] and the aiming of [[anti-aircraft artillery]].

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...und was unforgettable. With experienced troops, it guided them in aiming [[anti-aircraft artillery]]. Eventually, it was replaced by ground attack versions of the [[Fw-190]]

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...efense]]. The former involves aircraft, [[surface-to-air missile]]s, and [[anti-aircraft artillery]].

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Introduced in the 1950s, Soviet '''S-60''' 57mm [[anti-aircraft artillery]] (AAA) were the division-level air-defense system of the Soviet Union, bef

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...ok place in November and December 1952, was fought by Vietnamese without [[anti-aircraft artillery]] or long-range [[howitzer]]s, while it appears that the French positions m

...of the day made area and point defense, using surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft artillery, NORAD coordinated their efforts and fed intelligence to them. Essentially,

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...ne, it could be intercepted by fast [[fighter aircraft]] or shot down by [[anti-aircraft artillery]], as opposed to the more complex German [[V-2]], a [[ballistic missile]] o ...inst the V-1, coordinating their use through new radars, and integrating [[anti-aircraft artillery]] and barrage balloons.

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...ourse, and deliberately crashed his [[F-80 Shooting Star]] into an enemy [[anti-aircraft artillery]] emplacement. A posthumous [[Medal of Honor]] was bestowed in recognition

...that could carry [[napalm]]. Viet Minh forces, in the open and without [[anti-aircraft artillery]], came under the heaviest air attacks that the French ever delivered. It c

...ity of protecting ground forces from aircraft and missile attack. The term anti-aircraft artillery is a more general term for specifically firearms-based air defense weapons. ...that better air defense would be necessary. There was disagreement between anti-aircraft artillery and fighter aircraft advocates, who had not yet realized the two classes of

...ght it into visual (or electro-optically assisted visual) observation by [[anti-aircraft artillery]] or a [[fighter aircraft|fighter]].

...eater range than the 20mm Phalanx. This will be a variant of its Skyshield anti-aircraft artillery|anti-aircraft gun system.<ref name= Rheinmetall />

...or 30 seconds or more, with no interference from [[fighter aircraft]] or [[anti-aircraft artillery]].

...ical launch seemed counterintuitive for SAMs that were the replacement for anti-aircraft artillery, which clearly had to point at the target. The success of vertical SLBMs di

...S Rankin (AKA-103) in 1959]]The '''40mm/56 caliber gun''' was a piece of [[anti-aircraft artillery]] (AAA) gun used on almost every major U.S. and U.K. warship of [[World War

...air defense command and control, radars, surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), but not enemy fighters. Complementary OCA activities include Air War

Goering had promised that the Luftwaffe, which also controlled the [[anti-aircraft artillery]], would protect Germany from Allied air attack, boasting "if a single Brit

...servers, and other technical means) as well as antiaircraft weapons (e.g., anti-aircraft artillery, surface-to-air missiles, fighter aircraft|air superiority fighters and int *Direct your defensive platforms (e.g., surface-to-air missiles (SAM), anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), etc.) against them

...er bombs. A countermeasure was to surround the missile site with low-level anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), but the AAA would have only a very limited time to engage the low-fl .... When attacking a SAM site, however, the SEAD aircraft came into range of anti-aircraft artillery that could engage them below the S-75 minimum altitude.

...ricans. They were outnumbered 2-1 and used inferior equipment. Ozawa had [[anti-aircraft artillery|anti-aircraft guns]] but lacked [[proximity fuze]]s and good [[radar]].

...earchlights, but the front line of defense tended to be fighter patrols. [[Anti-aircraft artillery]] provided point defense. Allied tactical [[radar]] became available in Sic ...n Front short of German aircraft. Most Allied aircraft losses were from [[anti-aircraft artillery]].

...ons armed with mortars as the LCI(M) or LCIM}}, LCI(G) or LCIG autocannon, anti-aircraft artillery, or smoke generators to conceal the landing.

Knowing where each surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery system is and its type means that air raids can be plotted to avoid the mos

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...ric rings of [[cruiser]]s and [[battleship]]s that were there as massive [[anti-aircraft artillery]] platforms. Rings of destroyers and other light ships formed outer screens

...B-29s attacked from high altitude, they were above the range of Japanese [[anti-aircraft artillery]] and most fighters. Fighters, if stripped of all possible weight including

...nizations, often have characteristic styles. If, for example, a piece of [[anti-aircraft artillery]], appearing to be Soviet-designed, bas Chinese markings on parts and shipp

...bility to deal with it, and totally underestimated the enemy artillery and anti-aircraft artillery resources. |rowspan=3 valign=top| I Battery, North-Vietnam [[anti-aircraft artillery|AAA Group]]

Although some heavier [[anti-aircraft artillery]] was encountered on the Ho Chi Minh trail, the most serious threat to U.S.

Iraqi air defense radar and aircraft were under the Air Force, while anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles a belonged to their Army. ...Of the Soviet weapons, however, they depended on a low-altitude system of anti-aircraft artillery with SA-7, SA-8, and SA-9 missiles, and eventually the SA-14.

...difference from 1966-7 was that the PAVN had mobile air defenses including anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles.

...nistry and then gaining increased power, such as in acquiring control of [[anti-aircraft artillery]] (AAA), called "flak" in German slang widely used by both sides. Unlike ...tflotte had their own signals branch and a Flak branch that controlled the anti-aircraft artillery. It also had control of a number of Luftgaue, administrative commands respo

[[Anti-aircraft artillery|anti-aircraft guns]] were important defenses in the Second World War, but,

...uipped with S-75 Dvina and SA-7 GRAIL missiles as well as radar-controlled anti-aircraft artillery. RVN aircraft, however, had no electronic countermeasures.

...had inspected the location and assured the French that plausible Russian [[anti-aircraft artillery]] could not interfere with its resupply by air, and that French artillery c

...-to-air missile| surface-to-air missiles (SAM)]], [[Anti-aircraft warfare| anti-aircraft artillery (AAA)]], and [[Interceptor aircraft| fighter interceptors]]. Finally, it co ...and Laos. They went without fighter cover, and in the threat envelope of [[anti-aircraft artillery]] and [[S-75 Dvina | S-75 Dvina]] [[surface-to-air missile]]s (SAM). When t

...apan . [[Hermann Goering]], commanding the Luftwaffe, which included the [[anti-aircraft artillery]], had made public boasts that "if one British bomb falls on Berlin, you ca

...ry day. Thanks to its new radar system, tightly coordinated with fighters, anti-aircraft artillery, and other defenses, the British knew where the Germans were, and could con ...tions, or indirectly by destroying aircraft factories and fuel supplies. [[Anti-aircraft artillery]] (called "ack-ack by the British, "flak" by the Germans, and "Archie" by t

...and their aircraft were becoming obsolete. The Japanese had substantial [[anti-aircraft artillery]], but lacked [[proximity fuze]]s and good [[radar]]. With the odds stacked