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BMEWS

American  
[bee-myooz] / biˈmyuz /

noun

U.S. Military.
  1. Ballistic Missile Early Warning System.


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BMEWS, locked into existing U.S. radar chains, including the $600 million DEW line across North Canada-Alaska, will instantaneously feed its data on the incoming missiles into North American Air Defense Command at Colorado Springs and into the Air Force's Strategic Air Command.

From Time Magazine Archive

With BMEWS, he proved that he could handle touchy and cost-conscious subcontractors, that he knew how to keep materials moving, that he dared to talk up to superiors at home while keeping subordinates happy on the job.

From Time Magazine Archive

But making Talos work the first time was simple compared with his next job, on BMEWS.

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