surface-to-surface missile

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surface-to-surface missile [′sər·fəs tü ′sər·fəs ‚mis·əl]

(ordnance)

A guided missile designed to be fired at a surface target from a surface position on land or water; examples include Atlas, Corporal, Dart, Jupiter, Lacross, Mace, Matador, Navaho, Pershing, Polaris, Redstone, Regulus, Sergeant, Snark, Thor, and Titan. Abbreviated SSM.

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Credible reports persist in various publications that China has sold surface-to-surface missiles to Pakistan, a long-standing client.

Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1997-2004 by Grimmett, Richard F. / DISAM Journal

There seems to be no off-the-shelf surface-to-surface missile which fits the Israelis' specifications.

Israel expands its nuclear threat thanks to German "donation" of ... by Stauffer, Thomas R. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

In a somewhat over wrought metaphor, Mundy writes, "Think of the seachange in warfare that came with the invention of the airplane, of the surface-to-surface missile, of the atomic bomb.

Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the ... by Gable, Julie / Information Management Journal

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