KW-26
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kw-26-240-17788161
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KW-26
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The TSEC/KW-26, code named ROMULUS, was an encryption system used by the U.S. Government and, later, by NATO countries. It was developed in the 1950s by the National Security Agency (NSA) to secure fixed teleprinter circuits that operated 24 hours a day. It used vacuum tubes and magnetic core logic, replacing older systems, like SIGABA and the British 5-UCO, that used rotors and electromechanical relays. A KW-26 system contained over 800 cores and approximately 50 vacuum-tube driver circuits, oc
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KW-26
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2024-01-27T15:16:28Z
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