Word: antiaircraft
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...fighters intercept the Japs: "It looked like the sky over there was covered by a curtain of smoke streamers—a curtain of Japanese going down in flames." Only six or seven Jap bombers got close enough to aim their missiles at the carrier; all were shot down by antiaircraft fire...
...nearby landmarks, to give the surrounding terrain an unexpected look. If his elaborate system of obfuscation causes the enemy bombardier to hesitate in the single fleeting moment when accurate aim is possible at 20,000 ft. and 400 miles per hour, the bomber may have to return amid antiaircraft fire for a second try or else go home with no hits to report...
...Commandomen split up into patrols and fanned out to cut Nazi communications, searchlights picked up the British speedboats, and soon tracer bullets. Very lights, anti-aircraft shells flashed brightly above them. German flak (antiaircraft) ships moved in to the attack. Ashore, while whistles blew and signal lights blinked, the Commandomen moved silently about their business...
...days later, it stood off Marcus Island. Well down behind the horizon, the task force launched its planes and headed for home. The men on the ships had to follow the action by listening to the U.S. planes' radio. The Jap put up no fight, except from his antiaircraft, launched not a single plane. Marcus, important as a Jap supply base and link between Japan and the Mandates, got a pounding that should take weeks to repair...
...they were never built to do, had sunk 30,000 tons of shipping (three transports), had chewed up Jap small craft, too. Caught with his finger in his mouth, the Jap had never got a single plane off the ground, had been slow on the draw with his antiaircraft...