short-range
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Most are also only suitable for short-range defense, lacking the full capabilities of high-end missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Britain is sending short-range air defence systems to the Middle East to counter Iranian missile attacks, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
Before the war, Iran was believed to have had stockpiles of more than 2,000 short-range ballistic missiles.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
"To find wolf kills locally, ravens likely use short-range cues, like monitoring wolf behavior or listening to wolf howling," says Loretto.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
Combine the long-range and short-range perspectives and the result becomes the central paradox of the revolutionary era, which was also the apparently intractable dilemma facing the revolutionary generation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
