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- ↑ General Dynamics describes the new training facilities at the Army Signal School
- ↑ News Release Archived 2007-01-15 at the Wayback Machine from DataPath, describing the JNN contract it won in October 2006
- ↑ Describes the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures of a JNN network, retrieved 17 January 2006
- ↑ A photo of the outside of the shelter and short description of the system, retrieved 4 February 2009
- ↑ Describes equipment and bandwidth
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