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Command, control, and coordination system
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<p>A command, control, and coordination system (CCCS) was a <a href="/facts/Cold_War/spJdJQ3q">Cold War</a> computer system for United States command posts (e.g., <a href="/facts/Army_Air_Defense_Command_Post/FHM9eSJQ">Army Air Defense Command Posts</a>) to use a single location to coordinate multiple units' <a href="/facts/Ground-controlled_interception/j86HRyVh">ground-controlled interception</a> (e.g., USAF interceptor squadrons at various locations by <a href="/facts/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment/qAPVULus">Semi-Automatic Ground Environment</a> Direction Centers) and may refer to: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Backup_Interceptor_Control_System/luRaQVto">Backup Interceptor Control System</a> (BUIC), a dispersed USAF CCCS of the SAGE System</li> <li><a href="/facts/Burroughs_AN%2fGSA-51_Radar_Course_Directing_Group/gG21qGAJ">Burroughs AN/GSA-51 Radar Course Directing Group</a> (BUIC II), a replacement USAF CCCS fielded in 1966</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hughes_AN%2fTSQ-51_Air_Defense_Command_and_Coordination_System/o86Q68fV">Hughes AN/TSQ-51 Air Defense Command and Coordination System</a>, a mobile replacement US Army CCCS for coordinating NIKE and HAWK missile sites</li> <li><a href="/facts/AN%2fFSQ-7_Combat_Direction_Central/5kS3IRb0">AN/FSQ-7 Combat Direction Central</a>, a vacuum tube USAF CCCS fielded in 1958 for coordinating BOMARC launch sites</li> <li><a href="/facts/Martin_AN%2fFSG-1_Antiaircraft_Defense_System/B7roNGUc">Martin AN/FSG-1 Antiaircraft Defense System</a>, a vacuum tube US Army CCCS at 10 NIKE Missile Master installations</li> <li><a href="/facts/Martin_AN%2fGSG-5_Battery_Integration_and_Radar_Display_Equipment/xFAFsWjo">Martin AN/GSG-5 Battery Integration and Radar Display Equipment</a> (BIRDIE), a mobile replacement US Army CCCS for NIKE & HAWK</li></ul>