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Bomarc

American  
[boh-mahrk] / ˈboʊ mɑrk /

noun

U.S. Military.
  1. a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.


Etymology

Origin of Bomarc

1960–65; Bo(eing) + M(ichigan) A(eronautical) R(esearch) C(enter)

Example Sentences

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As evidence of the centrality of this region to Boeing’s engineering future, he said that team works in the company’s Bomarc building in Everett.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Earlier this summer, Boeing sold off a warehouse at the Bomarc Business Park in Everett for $35 million and seven office buildings in Bellevue’s Eastgate area for $139 million.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2021

In the process they winged Tory plans to rely on two Canadian Bomarc bases and nine aging squadrons of CF-100 interceptors as the country's only home defense against the bomber threat.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stood by Bomarc as the bird failed in seven successive tests at Cape Canaveral�only to have the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

What it amounted to was a shaky compromise between rival antiaircraft missiles, the Army's Nike-Hercules and the Air Force Bomarc.

From Time Magazine Archive