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• warning system — ▪ military technology Introduction       in military science, any method used to detect the situation or intention of an enemy so that warning can be given.       Because military tactics from time immemorial have stressed the value of surprise… …   Universalium

• National Warning System — The National Warning System (NAWAS) is an automated telephone system used to convey warnings to United States based federal, state and local governments.[1] The original mission of NAWAS was to warn of an imminent enemy attack or an actual… …   Wikipedia

• Ballistic Missile Early Warning System — The United States Air Force Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was the first operational ballistic missile detection radar. The original system was built in 1959 and could provide long range warning of a ballistic missile attack over… …   Wikipedia

• early warning system — noun (C) a series of radar stations that give a warning when enemy aircraft are going to attack …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ballistic missile early warning system — An electronic system for providing detection and early warning of attack by enemy intercontinental ballistic missiles. Also called BMEWS …   Military dictionary

• distant early warning system — noun Chiefly US a network of radar stations intended to give warning of a missile attack …  

• Ballistic Missile Early Warning System — n. system that detects a ballistic missile attack at an early stage, BMEWS …   English contemporary dictionary

• Attack helicopter — An attack helicopter, also known as a helicopter gunship, is a Military helicopter armed for attacking targets on the ground such as enemy infantry, armored vehicles and structures, using autocannon and machine gun fire, rockets, and precision… …   Wikipedia

• attack — A sudden illness or an episode or exacerbation of chronic or recurrent illness. brain a. SYN: stroke (1). drop a. an episode of sudden falling that occurs during standing or walking, without warning and without loss of …   Medical dictionary

• Four-minute warning — For the song by Mark Owen, see Four Minute Warning (song). The four minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992 when the system was dismantled after the cold… …   Wikipedia

• Missile Defense Alarm System — The Missile Defense Alarm System was an American system of 12 early warning satellites that provided limited notice of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile launches between 1960 and 1966. Originally intended to serve as a complete early… …   Wikipedia