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Word: readouts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1962-1962
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...system is such that a NORAD officer can point to a mark on the headquarters battle map, indicating a plane above Siberia, push a readout button and, in seconds, learn the plane's height, speed, direction and how long it would take to reach any major U.S. city. If a strike should come, NORAD's fighter-interceptors are so equipped that a single commander on the ground can, through computers, coordinate hundreds of them in a defensive attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: Eyes Toward the Sky | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

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