abbreviation for Distant Early Warning
line, a
line of
radar stations in
North America (near 70 degrees
latitude), maintained by Canada and the United
States, intended to give warning of hostile aircraft or missiles.
abbreviation for Distant Early Warning
line, a
net of distant early warning
radar stations located at about sixty-nine degrees
latitude ranging from northwestern
Alaska to northeastern Canada. In 1959 agreements were made by the US with Canada to take over the manning of the Distant Early Warning
line designed to
prevent any
surprise attack across the region of the
North Pole and for
cooperation with Canada in atomic defense.
an abbreviation for Distant Early Warning
line, a
network of thirty-one long-
range radar stations north of the Arctic Circle that stretched from northwest
Alaska across
northern Canada all the way to the
eastern coast of Greenland. The
purpose of these
stations was to provide Canada and the United
States with the earliest possible warning in the
event of hostile attacks by
planes, missiles, etc., routed over the
North Polar region. The DEW
line operated from 1957 to 1993, when it was replaced by an upgraded system called the
North Warning System.