#air defense

• Anti-aircraft — Designed for combating, intercepting, destroying, or neutralizing enemy aircraft, missiles, drones, or any other means of aerial attack; pertaining to airspace defense. It applies to military equipment like artillery, surface-to-air missile systems, and early-warning radars.
• Air defense — The feminine form of the adjective 'antiaerian', or used as a noun to designate the entire complex of air defense forces, weaponry, artillery, and missile systems dedicated to protecting airspace against enemy aerial attacks.
• Anti-missile — A defensive missile designed and used to intercept, destroy, or neutralize in flight another missile (ballistic, cruise, or tactical) launched by enemy forces. In a broad sense, the term characterizes structural elements of a defensive shield, sensor systems, and launch batteries integrated into an aerospace defense complex designed to protect a territory against guided vector attacks.