Air, artillery and missile defense/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Air, artillery and missile defense.

An integrated approach to defending surface forces against all types of weapons that fly through the atmosphere or space; a radar may detect artillery shells, helicopters, or missiles, while a close-in gun may shoot down any of them