"SAGE processed radar information and supplied targeting or control information to interceptor aircraft and surface-to-air missile sites."
MIT Lincoln Laboratory describes SAGE direction centers processing radar tracks and supplying control information to interceptors and surface-to-air missile sites, grounding the manuscript’s SAGE example in an operational computerized air-defense system. Chosen year: 2026, because this undated MIT history page is being used as the current source record for the historical SAGE description.
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