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Air Defense Control

From Department of Defense, for About.com

Definition: (DOD, NATO) The principal information, communications, and operations center from which all aircraft, antiaircraft operations, air defense artillery, guided missiles, and air warning functions of a specific area of air defense responsibility are supervised and coordinated.

See also combat information center.

Also Known As: Air Defense Operations Center
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