DEW system (distant early-warning system)

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• Distant Early Warning Line — DEW redirects here. For energy emitting weapons, see Directed Energy Weapons. USAF Distant Early Warning Line and Distant Early Warning System Office Emblem …   Wikipedia

• DEW line — /dooh, dyooh/ a 3000 mi. (4800 km) long network of radar stations north of the Arctic Circle, maintained by the U.S. and Canada for providing advance warning of the approach of hostile planes, missiles, etc. [1955 60; D(istant) E(arly) W(arning)] …   Useful english dictionary

• DEW — /dooh, dyooh/ distant early warning. Cf. DEW line. * * * Deposit of water droplets formed at night by the condensation of water vapour from the air onto the surfaces of exposed objects. Dew forms on clear nights, when exposed surfaces lose heat… …   Universalium

• North Warning System — emblem Map of all coordinates from Google Map of all coordinates fro …   Wikipedia

• North Atlantic Radio System — The North Atlantic Radio System (NARS) was a chain of five tropospheric scatter communication sites that stretched from Iceland to RAF Fylingdales, forming an extension of the Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line). Contents 1 Development 2 NARS… …   Wikipedia

• North Warning System — Emblem Das North Warning System ist ein gemeinschaftlich betriebenes Netzwerk von Radaranlagen zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada. Das North Warning System ist eine Nachfolgesystem vom Distant Early Warning Line System zur… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Ligne DEW — Tracé de la ligne DEW La ligne DEW acronyme de Distant Early Warning line, litt. « ligne avancée d alerte précoce » était un réseau de stations radar situé dans la partie arctique du Grand Nord canadien, mais également sur la côte nord… …   Wikipédia en Français

• White Alice Communications System — The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system constructed in Alaska, during the cold war. It featured tropospheric scatter links and line of sight microwave radio links. It was… …   Wikipedia

• EC-121 Warning Star — infobox Aircraft name = EC 121 Warning Star type = Airborne early warning aircraft manufacturer =Lockheed caption =WC 121N variant of VW 4 Hurricane Hunters designer = first flight = introduced = 1955 retired = 1982 (USAF) primary user = United… …   Wikipedia

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