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To: John Hunt who wrote (534)	9/8/1999 5:28:00 PM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) of 662

Russia skips Y2K step on military systems << Russia is skipping a basic step in readying its most important military computers for the 2000 technology challenge, including some that track sensitive nuclear stockpiles, the military arm of the U.S. embassy in Moscow has reported. At issue are the most thorough possible checks for Y2K errors, glitches that threaten to boggle some computers and automated systems when 1999 turns into 2000 in 114 days. ``Due to time constraints, MOD (the Ministry of Defense) is bypassing the system certification process and moving directly to operationally based testing,' the U.S. Defense Attache's Office said in a cable to Washington made available this week. The memo did not spell out the Y2K compliance process cut out by cash-strapped Moscow. But it said the shortcut applied to 100 systems designated ``mission critical' out of the 1,000 said to be in use by the Defense Ministry. >> ... Cont'd at ... biz.yahoo.com Oops, that shouldn't have gone there! :-((

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