单词 | distant early warning line |
释义 | > as lemmasDistant Early Warning Line Distant Early Warning n. now historical (as a modifier) designating a system of radar stations installed by the United States and Canada in the 1950s, chiefly in the Arctic, for the advance detection of a missile or airborne attack from the Soviet Union; relating to or forming part of this system; = DEW n. at D n. Initialisms 3a; chiefly in Distant Early Warning Line.The D.E.W. system had been superseded by other warning systems by 1993. ΚΠ 1952 Position Dept. of Def. Early Warning Continental U. S. (U.S. National Res. & Development Board RDB 236/6) 13 Oct. i. 2 There is still technical work to be accomplished to such an extent that a crash program for the implementation of the entire distant early warning line would be unwise at this time. 1958 Times 21 July 9/6 The Distant Early Warning line in the far north is similarly run by civilians on private contract. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing i. 75 The cow drops dead in the doorway of an abandoned distant early warning (DEW) station, shot through the heart. 2015 Amer. Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Abstr. No. EP23A 0937 Highly exposed legacy Cold War Distant Early Warning Line sites are of particular concern with impacts ranging from financial risk to contamination of sensitive coastal marine environments. < as lemmas |
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