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distant early warning

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noun

  1. a US radar detection system to warn of missile attack See also DEW line

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A particular point of relationship arises from the fact that the key to civil defense is the expanded continental defense program, including the distant early warning system.

From State of the Union Address by Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)

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