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{{Short description|Anti-air weapons against low-flying targets}}
[[File:JLTV 1.jpg|thumb|At AUSA 2017, a [[JLTV]] Utility variant mounting Boeing's SHORAD Launcher]]
'''Short range air defense''' ('''SHORAD''') is a group of [[anti-aircraft]] [[weapons]] and [[Military tactics|tactics]] that have to do with defense against low-altitude air threats, primarily [[helicopters]] and low-flying aircraft such as the [[A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10]] or [[Sukhoi Su-25]]. SHORAD and its complements, [[HIMAD]] (High to Medium Air Defense) and [[THAAD]] (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) divide [[air defense]] of the [[battlespace]] into domes of responsibility based on altitude and defensive weapon ranges.<ref>https://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/IN10931.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
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