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The '''North Warning System''' (NWS, {{
==Overview==
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In Canada, the station sites are owned or leased by the Government of Canada, which also owns most of the infrastructure. The radars and tactical radios are owned by the [[United States Air Force]].<ref name="SOW" />{{rp|16}} The Alaska Regional Operations Control Center (ROCC) at [[Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson|Elmendorf AFB]], Alaska controls the stations in Alaska; the Canada East and Canada West Regional Operations Control Centres (ROCCs) at [[CFB North Bay]], Ontario control the stations in Canada. ROCC information is then passed to the NORAD Combat Operations Centre (COC) at Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Each Long Range site consists of accommodation buildings, radar towers and [[radomes]], generator and fuel systems, satellite terminals, automated weather station, and [[UHF]] and [[VHF]] ground-air-ground radio.<ref name="SOW" />{{rp|17}} Short Range sites consist of a single
==History==
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The NWS began limited operation in 1988 with the commissioning and acceptance of the three newly constructed east coast sites BAF-3 [[Brevoort Island]], [[Nunavut]], LAB-2 [[CFS Saglek|Saglek]] and LAB-6 [[Cartwright Long Range Radar Site|Cartwright]], both in [[Labrador]]. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, new NWS LRR radars replaced former DEW Line sites. DEW sites that were not transitioned to North Warning operation were eventually closed down. The official activation of the NWS and inactivation of the DEW Line took place on 15 July 1993.
The bi-national North Warning System Office (NWSO) is located in Ottawa, Ontario and staffed with both Canadian and American military and civilian personnel. Staffed sites are operated by the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]], but physically staffed by civilian contractors. Logistical and maintenance support for the NWS is supplied by the [[Air Force Materiel Command]] of the
== Site remediation==
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==Further reading==
* Lackenbauer, Farish, Arthur-Lackenbauer (2005). [
* [http://www.tunngavik.com/documents/publications/2007-03-17-NTI-Contaminated-Sites-Devolution-Paper.pdf Contaminated Sites in Nunavut] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230708182512/https://www.tunngavik.com/documents/publications/2007-03-17-NTI-Contaminated-Sites-Devolution-Paper.pdf Archived] from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024
==External links==
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