A secure communications channel set up to prevent misunderstandings that might lead to nuclear war is likely to expand to handling new kinds of conflict — in cyberspace.
The Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, established in 1988 under President Ronald Reagan so that Washington and Moscow could alert each other to missile tests and space launches that could be mistaken as acts of aggression, would take a central role in an agreement nearing completion between U.S. and Russian negotiators.
Most key elements of the deal, which could be final in several weeks, are settled, said U.S. officials familiar with the talks.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/29/2982785/nrrc-us-russia-secure-channel-hacking
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