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8 | ORIGINS DIVIDES & UNIONS Europe was not the only part of the world to split between the two superpowers. In Asia, Korea divided in half with a northern communist regime and southern republic. North Korea wanted reconciliation under a communist government sparking the following war (1950-1953). The United States sent 90% of military troops to defend South Korea with a cost of 67 billion, 33,739 soldiers killed in battle, and 103,284 wounded in action. The total loss of all life during the Korean War is estimated at 2,800,000. Today, South Korea remains a strong capitalist country. Vietnam divided into capitalist rebel South Vietnam and communist North Vietnam. The Soviet Union sent military supplies and advisors. The United States sent troops to defend South Vietnam with a cost of $200 billion, 47,438 soldiers killed in battle, and 153,303 wounded in action. The Soviet Union sent about 3,000 military experts to Vietnam who fought alongside North Vietnamese soldiers and helped inflict heavy damage on American planes. They remained forgotten soldiers until 1991. The total loss of life during the war is estimated at 3,100,000. Today, Vietnam is a communist state. Espionage and military intelligence was the focus of both countries. Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Summer Study Group wrote a detailed analysis (1952) of the United States and Canada’s vulnerability to air attack. Their recommendation was to build an early warning system across the arctic as soon as possible. The system would give the United States and Canada an early warning of foreign aircrafts approaching the polar regions with time to initiate a defense. The United States built the Distant Early Warning System, known as the DEW Line, across Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. The 3,000 mile chain was composed of more than 50 radar and communication stations across the Northeast shore of Alaska to the eastern shore of Baffin Island, near Greenland. Prototype sites were first built in Alaska and were active until the 1980s. www.knowyourorigins.org The DEW Line project name project start project built Distant Early Warning System 1954 December 1957 July people involved 20,000 building conditions transportation amount of materials moved what was built amenities included comparable to manned by replaced with long, dark, sub-zero blizzard filled winters dog sleds, snowmobiles, aircrafts 460,000 tonnes from United States & Canada buildings, airstrips, hangars electricity, heat, water dismantling & moving 2,000 Colosus of Rhodes 1,788 miles & rebuilding them along the 3,000 mile span of the Arctic Circle in darkness & extreme cold in less than 3 years U.S. Air Force from 1957 - 1992 North Warning System 1993 - Present
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