Distant Early Warning Line radars (in part)

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Cold War military installation early warning system radar network

Distant Early Warning Line radars were a network of long-range radar stations across the Arctic designed during the Cold War to detect incoming Soviet bombers and provide early warning of potential attacks on North America.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Distant Early Warning Line radars	0

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War military installation ⓘ early warning system ⓘ radar network ⓘ
associatedWith	Mid‑Canada Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Pinetree Line NERFINISHED ⓘ SAGE air defense system NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionBegan	1954 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedBy	United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
environmentalImpact	contamination at abandoned sites ⓘ
feature	line of radar stations roughly along the Arctic Circle ⓘ overlapping radar coverage ⓘ remote, harsh environmental conditions ⓘ
fundedBy	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Canada–United States defense agreements NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAlong	Arctic coast of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Arctic islands of Canada ⓘ north coast of Greenland ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ Arctic region ⓘ Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ Northern Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	civilian contractors ⓘ
operatedBy	Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force (post‑1968 Canadian Forces) NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
operationalFrom	1957 ⓘ
partOf	Distant Early Warning Line NERFINISHED ⓘ NORAD early warning infrastructure ⓘ North American air defense system NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	detection of incoming Soviet bombers ⓘ early warning of potential attacks on North America ⓘ
replacedBy	North Warning System NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	largely decommissioned ⓘ
strategicRole	extension of radar coverage over polar approach routes ⓘ increase warning time for North American defenses ⓘ
technology	L‑band radar ⓘ S‑band radar ⓘ long‑range radar ⓘ
threatMonitored	Soviet long‑range bombers ⓘ potential nuclear attacks ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ

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Air Defense Command → operated → Distant Early Warning Line radars (in part) ⓘ