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Meanings of interceptor in English

Russian
перехватчик
Portuguese
avião de intercepção
Catalan
interceptor
Spanish
avión de intercepción

Fighter aircraft classification; tasked with defensive interception of enemy aircraft.

перехватчик
Usage of interceptor in English
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We all know that missile interceptor technology has come a long way.
Wired
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Some 30 examples of this ultra-advanced stealth interceptor will never see combat.
News.com.au
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Should he rely on unproven, unreliable interceptor missiles to protect his people.
News.com.au
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TV footage showed Israeli interceptor missiles streaking into the sky and detonating.
Reuters
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Japan will also have to buy interceptor missiles along with the radar.
Reuters
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Some of the rockets were shot down by Israel's Iron Dome interceptor.
Reuters
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The missile system will involve stationing US interceptor missiles and radar in Europe.
The Irish Times
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He recommends the first interceptor wave be launched towards Genellan immediately.
Genellan: planetfall
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The target seemed to pull away swiftly from the jet interceptor.
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
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In theory, one interceptor could handle a missile all by itself.
Pushbutton War
11
So why did Japan's much-hyped interceptor missiles not attempt to take it down?
News.com.au
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A pair of interceptor drones spat out of the launch pods.
Broken angels
13
The interceptor missiles will cost around $30 million each, the sources added.
Reuters
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Israel's military said its Iron Dome interceptor had shot down 27 of the missiles.
Reuters
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Fighter-interceptor jets patrolled the airspace around Novaya Zemlya to scare away U.S. spy planes.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
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But we also have an ability to shoot more than one interceptor, Davis said.
Reuters