transit zone

The path taken by either airborne or seaborne smugglers. Zone can include transfer operations to another carrier (airdrop, at-sea transfer, etc.). See also arrival zone.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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transit zone - a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean; includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers

geographical zone, zone - any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude

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