target acquisition system

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   a shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment

   Broadershipboard system

Questions about target acquisition system

What does target acquisition system mean?

target acquisition system means "a shipboard system for the detection and identification and location of a target with enough detail to permit effective weapon employment".

Is target acquisition system a common word?

target acquisition system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.