The Protocol Built to Survive Nuclear War Still Runs the Internet

The Problem That Preceded the Internet In the late 1950s, the United States military had a communications problem. Its command-and-control network was centralized, which meant a single nuclear strike on the right city could sever the entire system. The solution they needed wasn&rsquo;t faster or more powerful communication. It was communication that couldn&rsquo;t be decapitated. The RAND…