interceptor
डीआरडीओने
definition
noun
Approximately 4,600 small interceptors would be deployed in orbit, each capable of homing in on and destroying incoming hostile warheads.
a person or thing that stops or catches (someone or something) going from one place to another.
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The 'interceptor' is too slow to get anywhere near to a real intercontinental missile.
Although the F - 14 Tomcat is relatively old, with the combination of both upgrades and its mix of weapons, it has kept its position as a formidable 'interceptor' .
This is a very important parameter for an 'interceptor' attempting to engage an incoming enemy aircraft.
Surface water will be intercepted and silt traps and an oil 'interceptor' , if required, will be installed to prevent suspended solids and oil/diesel from machinery discharging to streams.
They investigated the viability of an alternative approach to solving the network problem by providing an 'interceptor' along the route of the proposed inner relief road.
No attempts were made to resume the program, which initially envisaged a ramjet-powered 'interceptor' and even a commercial aircraft.
The pilot of the fighter shoots down an 'interceptor' that would otherwise have shot down the bomber.
Anticipating that the opponent may employ their own fighters or 'interceptors' , you may want to add some gun-ships.
Well, the most salient fact about that missile test was that, like the more grandiose Pacific tests of the Star Wars 'interceptors' , it was a failure.
Faster 'interceptors' can fly farther in the time available, reducing the number required.
Although the no-fly zones will be protected by radar and RAF 'interceptors' based at Leuchars, they are well away from the usual civilian air routes.
The British set up dedicated warning nets to detect the incoming V1s and then sent out 'interceptors' .
Fighter jets provide escort, tail aircraft and act as 'interceptors' .
He effectively shows, even to the novice, that the design requirements for 'interceptors' , ‘bomber-fighters,’ and air-superiority fighters are very dissimilar.
Production was cancelled abruptly in 1944 when it became apparent that Germany needed fewer hulking anti-tank aircraft and more nimble 'interceptors' .
Fighter 'interceptors' stayed on high alert, ready to respond within minutes to identify and monitor suspicious aircraft.
The Germans should have had more fighter 'interceptors' to protect their environment.
Among them was a ban on space-based 'interceptors' .
Some experts argue for space versions of airborne lasers already under development, others for more conventional missile 'interceptors' .
These fighters were intended to operate as very fast, short-range 'interceptors' .
Several Liberals pleaded with the prime minister to withhold Canadian backing of the plan, which involves planting missile 'interceptors' in the U.S. and, eventually, abroad.
‘The ABM treaty is a relic of the past,’ Bush said, arguing in favour of a missile defence system of 'interceptors' to protect against incoming missiles from ‘rogue’ states.
They scrambled fighter 'interceptors' because they were tracking strange objects on radar making all kinds of radical maneuvers.
I think that's quite a long way yet before we get to any decisions, if we ever do, about the location of 'interceptors' .
Various options are under consideration, including a land-based system of 100 'interceptors' that would be based in Alaska and guided by a long-range radar station in the Aleutian Islands.
The Soviet Union, the only real target for the bomber, was developing surface-to-air missiles and 'interceptors' that might have been capable of defeating the aircraft.
The FAA possessed some frontline aircraft equal to any in the world - including Mirage III 'interceptors' .
If the illegal flight attempts to evade the 'interceptors' , the center may authorize them to destroy it.
There are small strike craft, such as fighters, bombers, 'interceptors' , and mechs, corvettes, smaller capital ships such as frigates, and then the larger cruisers, carriers and battleships.
There is also the issue that point short-range 'interceptors' , when dealing with incoming missiles, are most effective when nuclear tipped.
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