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Record #104846:
Military radar defence lines of northern North America: an historical geography / R.J. Fletcher.
Title: | Military radar defence lines of northern North America: an historical geography / R.J. Fletcher. |
Author(s): | Fletcher, R. J. |
Date: | 1990. |
In: | Polar Record. (1990.), Vol. 26(159) (1990) |
Abstract: | Reviews installation of series of radar arcs in Canada and Alaska, including Pinetree, Mid-Canada, Distant Early Warning (DEW) and North Warning lines. Also, Pine-Gap radars of East coast between Newfoundland and Baffin Island and early 1990s very long-range-over-the-horizon radars. |
Notes: | Polar Record. Vol. 26(159) :265-76 (1990). |
Keywords: | 621.396.96 -- Radar. 355 -- Defence. 355.457 -- Defence of particular regions. J -- Social sciences. (*40) -- North American Arctic. (*41) -- Canada. (*49) -- Alaska. |
SPRI record no.: | 104846 |
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