AWACS /ˈeɪwæks/ noun

1. [uncountable] abbreviation for Airborne Warning and Control System; a type of radar used by special US military aircraft which makes it possible for them to find out the position of enemy aircraft and the direction they are travelling in when they are still very far away

2. [countable] an aircraft that uses this system

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