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DEW Line radar site in 1964. One of two located on the Greenland icecap about 50 miles east of Sondrestrom AFB (Kangerlussuaq); the top of the radome is aprox. 300ft above ground. The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or 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. There were a total of 58 sites.It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers during the Cold War, and provide early warning for a land based invasion. Last site deactivated in 1992.