short-range
adjective
1
: involving or taking into account a short period of time
short-range plans
2
: relating to or fit for short distances
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Following his meeting with Vladimir Putin in September 2023, Kim Jong Un has sought Russia’s help in launching its own spy satellites, sending in return artillery shells, mortars and short-range ballistic missiles for Russia’s war with Ukraine.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
Weekend forecast: Flooding risk, high temperatures On Saturday, the Florida Panhandle and parts of southern Georgia and Alabama will see showers and thunderstorms along the Gulf of Mexico, the NWS Weather Prediction Center said in a short-range forecast discussion early Saturday.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
This seemingly magic process was accomplished via a short-range radio transmitter integrated into the key fob.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 May 2024
The Iron Dome is a mobile all-weather missile defense system, designed to detect and shoot down short-range rockets fired into Israel.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
Israel has over the years established – often with the help of the United States – a multilayered air-defense network that includes systems capable of intercepting a variety of threats, including long-range missiles, cruise missiles, drones and short-range rockets.
—Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2024
Iran has the largest arsenal of ballistic missiles and drones in the Middle East, including cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles, experts say, as well as short-range and long-range ballistic missiles with ranges up to 2,000 kilometers (about 1,250 miles).
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Increasingly affordable, short-range jammers are being installed on tanks, armored personnel carriers, trucks, pickups, and even 4x4s.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
The Iron Dome, which was activated in 2011 and has an effectiveness of about 90%, works by using radars to detect short-range rockets before destroying them with its own missiles.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
Weekend forecast: Flooding risk, high temperatures On Saturday, the Florida Panhandle and parts of southern Georgia and Alabama will see showers and thunderstorms along the Gulf of Mexico, the NWS Weather Prediction Center said in a short-range forecast discussion early Saturday.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
This seemingly magic process was accomplished via a short-range radio transmitter integrated into the key fob.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 May 2024
The Iron Dome is a mobile all-weather missile defense system, designed to detect and shoot down short-range rockets fired into Israel.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
Israel has over the years established – often with the help of the United States – a multilayered air-defense network that includes systems capable of intercepting a variety of threats, including long-range missiles, cruise missiles, drones and short-range rockets.
—Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2024
Iran has the largest arsenal of ballistic missiles and drones in the Middle East, including cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles, experts say, as well as short-range and long-range ballistic missiles with ranges up to 2,000 kilometers (about 1,250 miles).
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Increasingly affordable, short-range jammers are being installed on tanks, armored personnel carriers, trucks, pickups, and even 4x4s.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
The Iron Dome, which was activated in 2011 and has an effectiveness of about 90%, works by using radars to detect short-range rockets before destroying them with its own missiles.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Short-range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short-range. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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