These messages automatically pass from LOCE to the alliance ground surveillance system and a prototype recognized air and surface picture generator. Developers of the NC3A prototype system are studying ways to speed up the process by integrating early warning analysis with the command and control capability. This allows aircraft in the vicinity to search specific areas based on likely terrain avenues. The general reveals, without addressing any specific system, that information sharing is increasingly recognized as the essential requirement for effective coalition operations. And we have made some important steps forward in that respect.
All countries recognize that intelligence is and has been inherently a national responsibility.
Gen. Clark is very conscious of information security requirements inside his European Command. And in addition, I believe that our NATO allies also are increasingly cognizant of these dangers. Any great strength can present great vulnerabilities. Certainly our strength in communications and information technology requires full protective measures to safeguard this strength so that it does not become a vulnerability. Noting today's challenge of a dynamic security environment, Gen. Clark believes that Europe is no exception.