ABM
pronunciation
How to pronounce ABM in British English:
UK [ˌeɪ bi: ˈem]
How to pronounce ABM in American English:
US [ˌeɪbi'em]
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- Noun:
- a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles
Word Origin
- ABM (n.)
- 1963, initialism (acronym) for anti-ballistic missile.
Example
- 1. Much would depend on whether america and russia could strike an abm preserving deal both could live with-and on what china did next .
- 2. In fact , scrapping the abm treaty , far from worsening america-russia rivalry , left the russians free to look more realistically to their own defences .
- 3. Mr putin has never liked america 's missile defence , but seemed to acquiesce when mr bush quit the anti-ballistic missile ( abm ) treaty in 2002 .
- 4. Following on from the anti-satellite ( asat ) test in 2007 , china tested what were believed to be two anti-ballistic missile ( abm ) interceptors during 2010 , and this was followed by a further test in september 2011 .
- 5. It is cross at america 's efforts to amend the anti-ballistic missile ( abm ) treaty to allow limited national defences against attack from roguish missiles , launched by a north korea or an iraq ; such defences could undercut china 's smallish nuclear deterrent too .