scope dope
n.— «So what exactly is an air battle manager? The term is new, when I was first in the radar business the title was air weapons controller (sometimes referred to as “scope dope”).» —“Ground TACS (mobile radar)” by Bob Baylor Losantiville (Cincinatti, Ohio) Nov. 13, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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