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Noun: missile defense system
Usage: US (elsewhere: missile defence system)
  1. A network of weapons and technology designed to detect, track, and destroy incoming missiles
    "The ship was equipped with an advanced missile defense system";
    - missile defence system [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: missile defense systems

Type of: naval weaponry