What makes a weapon anti-air or anti-tank? Would anti-air be effective against tanks? Could we create one weapon that covers both, or even all possible targets?

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What makes a weapon anti-air or anti-tank? Would anti-air be effective against tanks? Could we create one weapon that covers both, or even all possible targets?

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For what it’s worth, in the Ukraine war we’ve seen weapons used beyond their intended purpose, like Javelin anti tank missiles used on low flying helicopters or S300 air defense missiles used to attack ground targets, but it’s not really what they’re best at