Flying
Flying adjective - Acting or done with excessive or careless speed.
Surface-to-air and flying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surface-to-air" instead an adjective "Flying".
Surface-to-air
Surface-to-air adjective - Operating from or designed to be launched from the ground against an airborne target.
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Synonyms for Surface-to-air
Flying and surface-to-air are semantically related. You can use "Flying" instead an adjective phrase "Surface-to-air".
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They were made obsolete by surface-to-air missiles, which in turn obsoleted their intended targets, high flying heavy bombers.
Source: Crippling Overspecialization - The U-2 reconnaisance aircraft was believed to be capable of flying higher than any known existing Soviet surface-to-air missiles around 1960, but this turned out to be incorrect.
Source: Air-Launched Weapons - Flying two-seater F-100F fighter-bombers, they marked the first time in the history of aerial warfare where aircraft had to seek out and neutralize the threat of surface-to-air missiles like the SA-2 Guideline.
Source: Useful Notes / Wild Weasel
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