邀撃 （ヨウゲキ） interception, counter-attack

要撃機 （ヨウゲキキ） interceptor (aircraft)

迎える （むかえる） to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail, to reach, to approach, to enter (a phase, era, etc.), to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to call for, to summon, to invite, to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)