Point-defence (or point-defense; see spelling differences) is the defence of a single object or a limited area, e. American and British English spelling differences are one aspect of American and British English differences. g. a ship, building or an airfield, usually against air attacks and guided missiles. Guided Missile is a London based Independent record label set up by Paul Kearney in 1994. Point-defence weapons have a smaller range in contrast to area-defence systems and are placed near or on the object to protect. Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military Aircraft in defence of ground objectives, ground or naval forces

Point-defence may include:

• short-ranged interceptor aircraft
• Close-in weapon systems on ships
• land-based short-ranged anti-aircraft guns or surface-to-air missile systems
• Active protection systems on tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles

Coastal artillery to protect harbours is similar conceptually, but is generally not classified as point-defence. An interceptor aircraft (or simply interceptor) is a type of Fighter aircraft designed specifically to intercept and destroy enemy Aircraft, particularly A Close-in weapon system (CIWS is a naval shipboard Point-defense weapon for detecting and destroying incoming Anti-ship missiles and enemy aircraft Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military Aircraft in defence of ground objectives, ground or naval forces A surface to air missile ( SAM) or ground-to-air missile ( GTAM) is a Missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy Aircraft An active protection system, or APS protects a Tank or other Armoured fighting vehicle from incoming fire before it hits the vehicle's armour Coastal artillery is the branch of Armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship Artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal Fortifications. Similarly, passive systems - electronic countermeasures, decoys, chaff, flares, barrage balloons - are not considered point-defence. Electronic Countermeasures ( ECM') are a subsection of Electronic warfare which includes any sort of electrical or electronic device designed to trick Chaff (tʃɑːf or /tʃæf/ depending on dialect &ndash both to rhyme with "half" is the inedible dry scaly protective casings of the seeds of Cereal grain, or A flare, also sometimes called a fusee, is a type of Pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light or intense heat without an Explosion. A barrage balloon is a large balloon tethered with metal cables used to defend against low-level attack by aircraft by damaging the aircraft on collision with the cables

Examples

• Mk. 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) - in current use by the US Navy. The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS is an anti-missile system that was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division
• 9K311 Tor M1 missile system - in current use by the Russian Navy. The Tor missile system ("Тор" Torus) is a Russian made low to medium altitude short-range Surface-to-air missile system designed for engaging Airplanes
• Type 730 - in current use by the Chinese Navy. The Type 730 is a Chinese seven-barrelled 30 mm Gatling gun CIWS.
• TROPHY APS - a point defence system for individual armoured vehicles. Trophy (also known as ASPRO-A. Israel Defense Forces designation מעיל רוח lit
• Metal Storm - Another point defence/CIWS system currently in development. Metal Storm Limited (ASX: MST is a Research and development company that specializes in electronically initiated Superposed load weapons technology

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