air-defences

Such a policy, he reminded Congress in testimony on Wednesday, would start with an attack on Libya's air defences.

Mr Assad would almost certainly attack such zones unless he were convinced that his own air defences and armour would be bombed.

Having destroyed Libya's air defences, Western bombers and missiles pummelled the advancing troops into a speedy retreat.

Its costly capabilities are intended to make it effective against the air defences of a sophisticated enemy, such as China.

I do not think the German Air Force has the numbers or quality to overpower our air defences.

It had seen at first hand in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war the damage that modern air defences can cause.

As part of the broad coalition, the US is also helping to remove the threat from Libya's air defences with sea-launched missiles.

Compared to India's array of SAMs and fighters, Pakistan's air defences, while well coordinated, are not very sophisticated.

This gave Singapore and Malaysia breathing space to build up their own armed forces, while under some protection from British air defences.

They imply a major attack on Libyan air defences, causing casualties.

Suppression of enemy air defences;