NATO says ready for Y2K systems switch

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NATO says ready for Y2K systems switch

BRUSSELS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The NATO military alliance said on Friday it was confident it could make it into the new millennium without any computer-related mishaps affecting its key peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Kosovo.

"NATO is confident that it is fully prepared to meet the Y2K challenges...(and) will be able to conduct all its critical missions, including peacekeeping related to the Balkans in the days and weeks thereafter, unhampered by any Y2K technical failures or malfunctions," an alliance statement said.

It said it had developed contingency plans to ensure that its Brussels headquarters, the major NATO military commands -- SHAPE in Mons, Belgium, and SACLANT in Norfolk, Virginia -- their subordinate commands and other NATO agencies would remain fully functional during the turn-of-the-year.

The alliance said it had identified over 30 military and civilian mission-critical NATO-owned systems, including consultation, command and control systems.

"For all these, corrective and contingency measures have been instituted to ensure the smooth continuation of NATO's critical missions into the next century," it said.

There has been widespread concern that, at the turn of the year, older computers may fail if they misread 2000.

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Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), December 10, 1999

Answers

Ray,

If their computers don't comply, will they "peacekeep" them too?

-- maid upname (noid@ihope.com), December 10, 1999.


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