Crisis Response Operations in NATO Operating Systems (CRONOS) is a system of interconnected computer networks used by

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to transmit classified information. It provides NATO ''Secret'' level operations, with access to NATO intelligence applications and databases. As of 1999, a wide area network of NT computers used in NATO in Europe. CRONOS provides

e-mail Electronic mail (usually shortened to email; alternatively hyphenated e-mail) is a method of transmitting and receiving Digital media, digital messages using electronics, electronic devices over a computer network. It was conceived in the ...

, the

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, etc. It provides informal messaging (e-mail) and

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within the NATO community. There is no connectivity between CRONOS and any US network or with the coalition

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Newsletter for Information Assurance Technology Professionals, Spring 1999
NATO Wide area networks Military communications {{compu-network-stub

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