Seconds later, he could hear the thunder of their bombs and air-to-surface missiles.

Provisions for air-to-surface missiles and external fuel tanks were requested afterward.

A column of water erupted in the distance, a wide miss by a blindly launched air-to-surface missile.

Closest point of approach was less than twenty miles, easily within range of air-to-surface missiles.

After dark, at about 11pm local time, the plane returned and fired two air-to-surface missiles at a residential area.

The two most common propulsion systems for air-to-surface missiles are rocket motors and jet engines.

Some Soviet air-to-surface missiles are powered by ramjets, giving them both long range and high speed.

Sometimes air-to-surface missiles are divided into the categories of tactical and strategic.

They were equipped to use the AS-30 command guided air-to-surface missiles.

They said this air-to-surface missile contained American "priceless high technology."