The two leaders discussed the president’s conviction that the two nations had to co-operate to ensure the defence of the continent. [...] Under the NAADM, key elements were the replacement of the 1950s DEW Line (Distant Early Warning Line) with the new radars of the North Warning System (NWS) and the construction of several Forward Operating Locations to allow the deployment of USAF and CAF fighters northwards to counter cruise missiles and their carrier aircraft. [...] The chain of command runs from the president through the secretary of defence to the COCOM. [...] Language in SSE referencing new capacity and the full range of threats echoes that in the 2019 Review and suggests that the replacement for the NWS might well have capabilities to allow it to contribute to missile warning. [...] One prominent feature of the Cold War was the negotiation of the scope of the competition between the U.
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