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truthiness1 month, 2 weeks ago

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I'm not savvy enough, but can't you build a military net that is separate from the WWW? obviously the military would need access to the WWW but as long as none of the equipment was networked...?

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  Bruedaddy1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
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  You still have to use all the existing wires for transmission etc....
  
  the only way to build a closed system I think is to RE wire the country for military access only and therby give no physical access to the military network....
  
  Just guessing....
  
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    dunkirk1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
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    Yes thta is pretty much it, The military had a network back in the 70;s and 80's ARPANET but that was closed for cost and technology reasons.
    
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      Dionys1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
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      It was DARPAnet (later Arpanet) and it wasn't closed -- it developed into what's now known as the Internet. It was for defense-related research communication among Universities and defense research companies.
      
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        dunkirk1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
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        there actually was a part of it still maintained and running or useable Yes the original arpanet went between 4 or 5 universities back in the 60's early 70's and that morphed into the internet we know today but a part of the original military net was still up and was closed. I think in the late 90's early 2000
        
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