Point defence (or point defense; see spelling differences) is the defence of a single object or a limited area, e.g. a ship, building or an airfield,...

'anti-air defence', abbreviated as PVO. In Russian, the AA systems are called zenitnye (i.e., 'pointing to zenith') systems. In French, air defence is called...

Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring...

Aster-30 air defence missiles. This will permit the Hellenic Navy to operate three ships with 32 air defence missiles plus 21 point defence missiles in...

Dynamics, and now MBDA. It is an automated point-defence weapon system designed as a short-range defence against both sea-skimming and high angle anti-ship...

CAMM, the point and local area defence variant with a range of greater than 25 kilometres (16 mi), is part of the Sea Ceptor air defence system which...

around the APAR and SMART-L radars as well as the area-defence SM-2 Block IIIA and point-defence Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) surface-to-air missiles...

warships of all sizes. It was the world's first operational shipboard point-defence missile system, and was designed so that the Bofors guns could be replaced...

several types of ammunition make it capable of short-range anti-missile point defence, anti-aircraft, anti-surface, and ground support. Ammunition includes...

The Defence Industry of Pakistan (Urdu: دفاعی صنعتِ پاکستان), established in September 1951, mainly falls under the purview of the Ministry of Defence Production...

Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine, eventually transitioning to the command of the Ukrainian Ground Forces at some point in its existence. On 27...

Chabhlaigh) is the maritime component of the Defence Forces of Ireland and is one of the three branches of the Irish Defence Forces. Its base is in Haulbowline...

requirement in 1945 for a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft for the point-defence role. In concept and basic configuration, it was related to the early...

delta wing, first-generation jet prototype. Originally conceived as a point-defence interceptor, the design was later used purely for experimental purposes...

24 HN-5A/B Point-Defense Surface-to-Air Missile System: N/A FN-6 Point-Defence Surface-to-Air Missile System: N/A QW-1/QW-2 Point-Defence Surface-to-Air...

21 mph). The armament initially consisted of a single 5-inch gun and a point-defence missile system, supported by a missile-armed helicopter. In addition...

successor to the Tunguska M1. The Pantsir-S1 was designed to provide point air defence of military, industrial and administrative installations against aircraft...

Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) is the head of the Integrated Defence Staff which acts as the point organisation...

SAMAR Air Defence System Barak 8 MR-SAM LR-SAM Project Kusha MR-SAM ER-SAM XR-SAM Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Prithvi Air Defence Advanced...

2018-09-12. Government of Canada, National Defence (2018-05-30). "Point Defence Missile System Upgrade - Defence Capabilities Blueprint". dgpaapp.forces...

available between detection and interception dropped. Most advanced point defence interceptors combined with long-range radars were struggling to keep...

specialised either in short-to-medium range "point defence" for e.g. ships, or in medium-to-long range "zone defence" of fleets. In May 1989, a memorandum of...

requirements of the Type 31e frigate included a medium calibre gun, point defence systems, hangar and a flight deck for Wildcat or ten tonne helicopter...

for combat support operations or convoy defence, as well as on tracked vehicles or on shelters for point defence. The main gun and the automatic loading...

A defense pact (Commonwealth spelling: defence pact) is a type of treaty or military alliance in which the signatories promise to support each other militarily...

anti-aircraft gun made by Oerlikon Contraves (renamed as Rheinmetall Air Defence AG following the merger with Rheinmetall in 2009). The system was originally...

Systems) on Sa'ar 5-class corvettes. Barak 1 – Point-defence SAM Barak 8 – Long range SAM and anti-missile defence system Gabriel – sea-to-sea missile Harpoon...

349 Natter (English: Colubrid, grass-snake) is a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way...

Photodisinfection, an alternative name for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Point-defence, a category of weapons Axiom of projective determinacy, in mathematical...

Defence in depth (also known as deep defence or elastic defence) is a military strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker...