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Keywords: Fighter, Booster, Enemy, Aircraft, Missile

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A fighter aircraft designed to quickly take-off, climb and intercept airborne targets.

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a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft

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a plane that finds enemy aircraft and stops them from bombing targets

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a two- or three-stage booster rocket whose payload is a rocket-propelled kill vehicle

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a fighter designed to quickly climb and intercept incoming aircraft

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an interceptor consists of a kill vehicle and a booster to launch the kill vehicle toward the enemy missile.

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in the national missile defense program, the interceptor consists of a kill vehicle to collide with a target and a booster to launch the kill vehicle into space.

http://cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1984&sequence=0

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