air defense
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Air defense is a system of weapons and methods designed to protect against attacks from aircraft and missiles by destroying them or making them less effective. It matters because it helps protect people, military forces, and important locations from damage caused by aerial attacks.
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Short- and long-range AA systems used by the Dutch Joint Ground-based Air Defence Command
Anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) or air defence (or air defense in American English) is the counter to aerial warfare and includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action". It encompasses surface-based, subsurface (submarine-launched), and air-based weapon systems, in addition to associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements, and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons). It may be used to protect naval, ground, and air forces in any location. However, for most countries, the main effort has tended to be homeland defence. Missile defence is an extension of air defence, as are initiatives to adapt air defence to the task of intercepting any projectile in flight.