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"Sweden's air force 'can't send secret messages'"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Leichter)
Mon Feb 23 11:24:39 2009
From: Jerry Leichter <leichter@lrw.com>
To: Cryptography List <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:14:42 -0500
Summary: Sweden developed its own secure encryption system for =20
communicating with fighter jets. A new jet, which is scheduled to =20
replace all existing fighters by 2011, uses a NATO-standard encryption =20=
system - only. There is no plan in place to upgrade the ground =20
systems to the NATO standard. So the new jets must communicate in the =20=
clear.
http://www.thelocal.se/17724/20090220/
-- Jerry=10
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