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From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: CNN & battlefield communications; missile info
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Date: 23 Jan 91 04:01:02 GMT
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From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold)
CNN apparently had a "nailed-up" connection to Jordan.  This means
they took a trunk circuit from the office in Bagdad and hard-wired
it to CNN's hotel room, in effect taking the loop from the hotel
and connecting it to the trunk wire to Jordan.  Power (battery) could be
provided from either end, thereby totally bypassing the switching
equipment.  So when the LGB re-configured the central office in
Bagdad, the connection to CNN stayed up.  Probably copper all the
way.