AN/URC-117 Ground Wave Emergency Network
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an-urc-117-ground-wave-emergency-network-180-2108347
title:
AN/URC-117 Ground Wave Emergency Network
text:
The Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN) was a US Air Force command and control communications system, deployed briefly between 1992 and 1994, intended for use by the United States government to facilitate military communications before, during and after a nuclear war. Specifically, the GWEN network was intended to survive the effects of an electromagnetic pulse from a high-altitude nuclear explosion and ensure that the United States President or their survivors could issue a launch order to Str
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U.S. government command and control communications system
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/URC-117_Ground_Wave_Emergency_Network
date created:
2005-01-01T10:08:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T04:21:39Z
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