Back-Up Interceptor Control
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The Backup Interceptor Control System was a series of backup air defence control systems used as backups in case the main SAGE system went down.
BUIC I
BUIC I was a manual system used as a backup to SAGE in case the SAGE systems went down.
BUIC II
BUIC II was
AN/GSA-51 Burroughs D825
BUIC III
An upgraded version of the BUIC II system designated AN/GYK-19[1] The first BUIC III system was installed at Fort Fisher Air Force Station, North Carolina. [2]
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External links
http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/TyndallAFBFLBUIC68.html http://web.archive.org/web/19990218170546/http://www.cbi.umn.edu/burros/buic.htm