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big blue blanket

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big blue blanket

  1. (US, military, historical) A system used in World War II for protecting American warships from Japanese kamikaze attacks, involving (among other things) the constant presence of the blue-painted Hellcat and Corsair aircraft over the fleet at all times.
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