5. Conclusion

Given the long-term nature of the military profession and its specific requirements, appropriate telecommunications systems are designed to meet the growing need for information exchange in this activity. Whatever their technical level, the power of operational information is clearly perceived by all forces present on the international scene.

In this landscape, the United States exercises triple leadership:

• by the size of its defense budget, making it the world's most powerful armed complex;

• through their involvement in NATO and its internal standardization groups, which define the characteristics of new equipment;

• lastly, by the pre-eminence of their IT know-how, which implicates them culturally in this field.

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