Such missiles' appearance provoked a riot (3-2-3)

I believe the answer is:

air-to-air

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'such missiles' appearance provoked a riot' is the definition.
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'appearance provoked a riot' is the wordplay.
'appearance' becomes 'air' (both can mean an impression or character).
'provoked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'riot'='ariot'
'ariot' anagrammed gives 'toair'.
'air'+'toair'='AIR-TO-AIR'

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(Another definition for air-to-air that I've seen is " Like some missiles".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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