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DISTANT EARLY WARNING LINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Air Defence
OBS

The Distant Early Warning Line, or DEW Line, was a series of radar stations across the arctic, from Alaska through Canada over Greenland to Iceland. The Americans conceived that the DEW Line could detect enemy bombers coming over the North Pole that could threaten North American cities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Défense aérienne
OBS

Le Réseau d’alerte avancé, ou Réseau DEW, était une chaîne de stations radars de l’Alaska à l’Islande, en passant par le Canada et le Groenland. Les Américains croyaient que le Réseau DEW pourrait détecter les bombardiers menaçant les villes nord‑américaines depuis le pôle Nord.

Spanish

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