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Amos Perlmutter Prize Essay

Information security in the space age: Britain’s Skynet satellite communications program and the evolution of modern command and control networks

Pages 5-28 | Received 20 Jul 2023, Accepted 26 Sep 2023, Published online: 10 Oct 2023

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