What is "prearm"

Usage examples of "prearm".

It was bitterly cold in the cave, a fact which Gavin, always prearmed, had established in conversation with the hotel porter.

They also say their carriers and warships that dock in Japanese ports carry no nuclear weapons, and they are technically correct-until all the critical components are assembled and the weapon is prearmed, no nuclear weapons exist.

We're treating the Strikers just like nuclear weapons-no prearming or launch possible without a coded strike message from you, sir, transmitted via satellite communications or normal U.

Then both codes had to be relayed to the command center senior controller, who entered them into the prearming computer.