basic point defense missile system

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   a shipboard missile system

   Broadershipboard system

Questions about basic point defense missile system

What does basic point defense missile system mean?

basic point defense missile system means "a shipboard missile system".

Is basic point defense missile system a common word?

basic point defense missile system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.