Synonyms for air defense
air de·fense

Princeton's WordNet

1. air defensenoun

   defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness

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1. Philip Breedlove:

   We do see a very distinct Russian set of command and control in the eastern part of Ukraine, command-and-control, air defense, support to artillery, all of these things increased ... making a more coherent, organized force out of the separatists.

2. Philip Breedlove:

   I think that the alliance does need to be ready for the air defense mission, and of course we as military men and women are looking at that capability, air policing and air defense are meant for two different situations. The Baltic air policing is a peacetime mission.

3. Justin Bronk:

   The idea that Western fighter aircraft would allow Ukraine to operate combat air sorties over Russian territory in any sort of regular sense is just fantasy, the reality is that Western fighter aircraft will also be very constrained by the surface-to-air threat by Russian ground-based air defense systems, just as the Ukrainians currently are.

4. Philip Breedlove:

   That exterior message has now obviously fallen apart and we see outright Russian involvement, air defense systems that have never really been used anywhere outside Russia until now are being used in that area.

5. David Maxwell:

   The one important capability that they have that is more important than their aircraft is their integrated air defense system. these radars, missiles, and gun systems will have to be immediately suppressed and destroyed when hostilities begin. The air defenses are more of a threat than their Air Force.