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- adjective of a missile
fired from a aship to anothership
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Examples
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Philip Broke of His Majesty's Frigate Shannon challenged the Chesapeake rebuilt from her 1807 wounds to a ship-to-ship duel off Boston harbor in June 1813.
For sovereignty, of course. But for honor most of all. Post 2011
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PaperSmyth, I challenge you to ship-to-ship combat!
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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But the Admiralty sent a "secret & confidential" directive to all British captains forbidding any further ship-to-ship combat with those pesky, heavy American frigates.
For sovereignty, of course. But for honor most of all. Post 2011
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PaperSmyth, I challenge you to ship-to-ship combat!
Oh, Ship! 2009
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But if a billionaire has enough money to buy an island-size vessel, he probably has enough to outfit it with a drone air force, radar, sonar, laser guns, torpedoes, ship-to-ship missiles, and other technology so cool that just thinking about it raises my testosterone count.
Driving the Rich Into the Sea Scott Adams 2011
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Philip Broke of His Majesty's Frigate Shannon challenged the Chesapeake rebuilt from her 1807 wounds to a ship-to-ship duel off Boston harbor in June 1813.
For sovereignty, of course. But for honor most of all. Post 2011
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But the Admiralty sent a "secret & confidential" directive to all British captains forbidding any further ship-to-ship combat with those pesky, heavy American frigates.
For sovereignty, of course. But for honor most of all. Post 2011
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The hot line would offer a higher level of communication, beyond the tactical level ship-to-ship calls.
U.S. Weighs a Direct Line to Tehran Jay Solomon 2011
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Crowe and co-star Paul Bettany anchor the film with solid performances and obvious chemistry, and the ship-to-ship battle sequences are a thing of wonder.
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But only until she heard and sorted out a few more words from the surprisingly chatter-filled ship-to-ship channels.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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