Distant Early Warning Line

former system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of North America and Atlantic Ocean nations
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Distant Early Warning Line
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Distant Early Warning Line

Summary

Distant Early Warning Line ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (267 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Distant Early Warning Line is in the country of Canada[2].
  • Distant Early Warning Line is in the country of United States[3].
  • Distant Early Warning Line is in the country of Iceland[4].
  • Distant Early Warning Line is in the country of Greenland[5].
  • Distant Early Warning Line is in the country of Faroe Islands[6].
  • Distant Early Warning Line is operated by Royal Canadian Air Force[7].
  • Distant Early Warning Line is operated by United States Air Force[8].
  • Distant Early Warning Line is a type of military base[9].
  • Distant Early Warning Line is a type of early-warning radar[10].
  • Distant Early Warning Line's Commons category is recorded as Distant Early Warning Line[11].
  • Distant Early Warning Line began on April 15, 1957[12].
  • Distant Early Warning Line ended on July 15, 1993[13].
  • Distant Early Warning Line was part of the conflict Cold War[14].
  • Distant Early Warning Line's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Distant Early Warning Line[15].
  • Distant Early Warning Line's Commons gallery is recorded as Distant Early Warning Line[16].
  • Distant Early Warning Line's replaced by is recorded as North Warning System[17].
  • Distant Early Warning Line's used by is recorded as United States Air Force[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include military base[9] and early-warning radar[10].

Use and Application

Distant Early Warning Line's used by is recorded as United States Air Force[18].

Why It Matters

Distant Early Warning Line ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (267 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Distant Early Warning Line. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/distant-early-warning-line
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Start time +1957-04-15T00:00:00Z
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007557956805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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