RIPR Iraq

[Plane]

http://www.gcn.com/print/26_28/45325-1.html

"...when plans for RIPRnet first arose in December 2005, before the Iraqi elections, it was seen as an emergency, shoestring network designed to help prevent interference with the voting process. Last year, the project morphed into a network designed to cover major convoy routes in Iraq.

?In September, we finished the initial phase of RIPRnet by extending the network of towers and ground stations to cover what we intended to cover,? said Col. Ian Dickinson, the center?s director of command, control, communications and computer systems.

?The network now covers the lion?s share of convoy routes,? Dickinson said. ?We did this with people in the operational theater and without program management from the States.?
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