attack aircraft

English

An attack aircraft in flight

Noun

attack aircraft (plural attack aircraft)

1. A tactical military aircraft designed to carry out precise airstrikes against ground or naval targets
   • 1982, M. Eisentein, “Third World missiles and nuclear proliferation”, in The Washington Quarterly:

     Adapting advanced attack aircraft for nuclear delivery is not a simple technical matter, but it should be within the capability of India, Israel, and Brazil.

Hyponyms

• attack helicopter

Translations

military aircraft

• Norwegian: angrepsfly
• Polish: szturmowiec (pl) m
• Russian: штурмови́к (ru) m (šturmovík)
• Swedish: attackflyg n, attackflygplan n, attackplan n
• Vietnamese: máy bay cường kích (vi)