Smart cable thwarts missile attacks.AN AIR FORCE TEAM HAS developed and fielded an upgrade for transport aircraft missile warning systems. Called the smart cable, the unit has been installed on 400 coalition aircraft, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. officials. It was developed by members from the aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau systems center at
Wright Patterson Patterson, family of American journalists.Robert Wilson Patterson, 1850–1910, b. Chicago, grad. Williams, 1871, became (1871) a reporter on the Chicago Times and after 1873 was attached to the Chicago Tribune. Air Force Base, Ohio, in response to two attacks by man-portable Adj. 1. man-portable - portable by one man portable - easily or conveniently transported; "a portable television set" missiles in late December, 2003, and early January, 2004, near Baghdad. The rapid development and fielding of the smart cable has eliminated further successful attacks. |
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