anti-aircraft

/ ˌæntɪˈɛəkrɑːft /

noun

modifier of or relating to defence against aircraft attack
anti-aircraft batteries

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He lists them starting with modern sniper rifles going all the way up to anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.

In mid-July the British anti-aircraft guns had been reinforced and enhanced by a new American radar system.

Bashir said anti-aircraft weapons would make those two controversial options unnecessary.

They should help us with real weapons, anti-tank and anti-aircraft, and with armored vehicles, training, and a no-fly zone.

They had onion skin traces made of all bombers returning from raids, as to where they'd been hit by anti-aircraft and enemy fire.

Our ears were deafened by the sharp rat-tat-tat of the machine guns, and by our own frantic anti-aircraft fire.

Every available piece of anti-aircraft artillery was turned upon the fleecy mass.

"Get an anti-aircraft gun from the Island and shell hell out of them when they come round again," suggested the artilleryman.

Airplanes were buzzing overhead; searchlights were meeting in the sky while anti-aircraft guns banged away.

The thundering roar of the anti-aircraft barrage drowned out the rest.

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