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AWACS definition

☆ AWACS or Awacs (ā′waks′)

noun

a system employing high-flying reconnaissance aircraft equipped with a special radar system that can detect and track approaching aircraft, missiles, etc.

Etymology: A(irborne) W(arning) A(nd) C(ontrol) S(ystem)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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