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Meanings of anti-radiation missile in English

Russian
противорадиолокационная ракета
Portuguese
míssil anti-radar
Catalan
míssil antirradiació
Spanish
misil antirradiacion
Wikidata

Missile designed to detect and home on an enemy radio emission source.

        противорадиолокационная ракета
        Usage of anti-radiation missile in English
        1
        A US F16 launched a high-speed anti-radiation missile after being illuminated by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile system, officials said.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Anti-radiation missiles like the HARM can home in on a radar jammer just as easily as it does on active radar.
        The Science of Battlestar Galactica
        3
        So in 1958 the U.S. introduced the Shrike, an " Anti-Radiation Missile" that homed in on enemy radar and proved invaluable in the Vietnam War.
        Wired