Word: chukotsk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...through the paralyzing winters, 2) would be strong enough to defend itself, 3) would be central enough to defend Alaska against attack. In any future world war, Alaska would be a prize in transpolar air warfare. Here the U.S. would first intercept Russian planes curving eastward out of the Chukotsk bases (where the Soviets have been building up fuel supplies), bound for such atom-worthy targets as the Hanford plutonium plant in eastern Washington, or the West Coast aircraft plants-or possibly industrial targets in the upper Midwest. Offensively, Alaska was a strategic refueling point for transpolar...
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