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SAGE, Sage, n.3 Mil.|seɪdʒ|
[Acronym f. the initial letters of ‘semi-automatic ground environment’.]
A name given to an early warning and air defence control system covering the United States and Canada. Freq. attrib.
1955N.Y. Times 25 Sept. iv. 2/2 Some time in 1954—the exact date has not been disclosed—the National Security Council gave the Air Force the go-ahead on a project..called Sage. 1958Times 23 July 9/6 Sage is basically a computer..which will evaluate all the information received from the early warning networks, guide missiles and aircraft to their targets, and even work out which is the best weapon to use in a particular situation. 1958Electr. Engin. LXXVII. 793/1 At the present time, excluding other connecting weapons systems, there are three main types of data systems used in the SAGE system. Grouped according to use, these are ground-to-ground, ground-to-air and radar data systems. 1961Aeroplane C. 115/1 Construction has started on the new SAGE (semi-automatic ground environment) defence system which is to be introduced into Canada during this year. 1971E. Luttwak Dict. Mod. War 44/2 Guidance is by command direct from the SAGE Air Defence System supplemented by radar homing for final interception. |