launching site

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launching site

Any site or installation with the capability of launching missiles from surface to air or surface to surface.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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launching site - a place for launching pads

launch area, launch pad, launching pad, launchpad, pad - a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"

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