Ball-Peen Adjustment: lit., a strike of a hammer, as in "I made a ball-peen adjustment on that sticky valve."
Cooking Bird: a missile that is building up thrust.
Green Bird: a missile that launches and flies perfectly.
Red Bird: a missile that fails.
Counting: operating, moving on time.
Destruct: v.t., barbarism of destroy; also adj., as used in "destruct button."
Drum Patter: one who feels drums, containing unstable propellants, for signs of heat.
EG ADS (for Electronic Ground Automatic Destruct Sequencer): the ground-operated mechanism that destroys a missile in flight.
Eyeball Instrumentation: a look with the peepers, i.e., without the aid of instruments.
Holding: stymied, stalled.
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