RIPRNet (Radio over Internet Protocol Routed Network) is a
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military
network
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that allows system designers and deployment personnel to connect radios in remote locations to local dispatch consoles exchanging
radio
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voice data
over an
IP routed network. In 2007, RIPRNet was being installed in
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for use by United States and Coalition forces.
RIPRNet is a tactical system, whose end-users are trucks or mobile forces. Part of the IP network is routed over strategic systems to increase connectivity.
As of July 2007, 14 core sites and 37 ground station consoles were operational, costing "less than $10 million (US dollars) to implement, and is expected to cost 300,000 a year to maintain."
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Another enemy tactic foiled by Airmen; Airman receives recognition for working to advance RIPRNET, 10/5/2006, Grand Forks AFB Public AffairsInternet Protocol Network Protects Troop Convoys, Nov 2006, SIGNAL*
Military communications
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