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えんきょそうけいかいせん 遠距離早期警戒線
Noun
1. Distant Early Warning Line (US, Canada); DEW Line
Wikipedia definition
2. Distant Early Warning LineThe Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers during the Cold War, and provide early warning of a land based invasion.
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