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The threat of nuclear attack prompted the u.s. and canada to construct the ______________ across the arctic to detect inbound soviet bombers and missiles.

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Dew line

Distant Early Warning Line was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It was installed during the to detect inbound soviet bombers and missiles.

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