antiballistic missile

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Definition of antiballistic missile in English Turkish dictionary

antibalistik füze

(Askeri) anti-balistik füze

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Definition of antiballistic missile in English English dictionary

Weapon designed to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles. Effective ABM systems have been sought since the Cold War, when the nuclear arms race raised the spectre of complete destruction by unstoppable ballistic missiles. In the late 1960s both the U.S. and the Soviet Union developed nuclear-armed ABM systems that combined a high-altitude interceptor missile (the U.S. Spartan and Soviet Galosh) with a terminal-phase interceptor (the U.S. Sprint and Soviet Gazelle). Both sides were limited by the 1972 Treaty on Antiballistic Missile Systems to one ABM location each; the U.S. dismantled its system, while the Soviet Union deployed one around Moscow. During the 1980s the U.S. began research on an ambitious Strategic Defense Initiative against an all-out Soviet attack, but this effort proved expensive and technically difficult, and it lost urgency with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Attention shifted to "theatre" systems such as the U.S. Patriot missile, which was used with limited effect against conventionally armed Iraqi Scud missiles during the Persian Gulf War (1990-91). In 2002 the U.S. formally withdrew from the ABM treaty in order to develop a defense against limited missile attack by smaller powers or "rogue" states

a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles; "the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs

ABM

Turkish - English

Definition of antiballistic missile in Turkish English dictionary

{k} ABM

Hyphenation

an·ti·bal·lis·tic mis·sile

Turkish pronunciation

äntibılîstîk mîsıl

Pronunciation

/ˌantēbəˈləstək ˈməsəl/ /ˌæntiːbəˈlɪstɪk ˈmɪsəl/