FrankenSAM

English

Etymology

From Franken- (“combination of disparate elements”) +‎ SAM (“surface-to-air missile”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹaŋkənˌsam/, [ˈfɹaŋkn̩ˌsam]

Noun

FrankenSAM (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Any ground-based air-defence system assembled from multiple heterogeneous existing air-defence systems.

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