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weaponeer U.S.|wɛpəˈnɪə(r)|
[f. weapon n. + -eer.]
a. One who has charge of a weapon of war prior to its deployment.
Orig. used spec. of nuclear weapons.
1945in Amer. Speech (1947) XXII. 149/2 Here are the names of the Superfortress crew which carried the atomic bomb to Japan... Naval observer and ‘weaponeer’, Capt. William S. Parsons. 1952Word Study Feb. 4/1 United States atomic weaponeers probably will set off the world's greatest explosion within the next few days.
b. An expert or specialist in the development of weapons of war.
1979New Yorker 13 Aug. 67/1 Robert Wilson..head of experimental physics at Los Alamos; Philip Morrison, who had gone..to take care of the bombs..; Richard Feynman, who had been in charge of one of the computing sections... I fitted in with this bunch of weaponeers. 1982Christian Sci. Monitor 22 June 22/1 Probably the most interesting to the weaponeers of the great powers was the testing of US vs. Soviet fighter planes.
So weapoˈneering vbl. n., the development and production of weapons of war.
1955Bull. Atomic Sci. Sept. 239/3 Nearly half of our expenditure for research and development each year goes to weaponeering. 1960N.Y. Times Mag. 29 May 20 You must..make those essential advances in the state of the weaponeering art which will most intercept any possible aggression by any potential enemy. 1976Aviation Week 19 Jan. 54/1 It's easier to conceptualize bombs, weaponeering and ‘hard kill’ missiles than the wizardry of electronic detection and countermeasures equipment. |