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.
—SHSBC Binder 11 Approved Glossary, —SHSBC Binder 24 Approved Glossary