airborne alert
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It could mean, he speculated, that Russia was sending more nuclear-missile-carrying submarines out to sea or placing more bombers on airborne alert or mobilizing its short-range nuclear weapons in western Russia.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2022
Elsewhere, B-52s went on airborne alert for strikes within the Soviet Union, and plans were developed for a strike on Cuba.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2016
Like all other SAC operations, the airborne alert routine is fenced by narrow restrictions and standardized procedures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Needed: additional funds to ensure that 25% of SAC's B-52s can go on airborne alert in 1961.
From Time Magazine Archive
Needed: "Additional and improved bombers, airborne alert, more missiles of existing types, speeded production of Polaris submarines, the promptest possible dispersal and hardening of bases, and a program for civil defense."
From Time Magazine Archive
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