NATO Says it is Ready for the Year 2000

By John Liang / December 10, 1999 at 5:00 AM
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced that it is "fully prepared" for the Year 2000 computer date change. "NATO will be able to conduct all its critical missions, including peace-keeping related to the Balkans in the days and weeks thereafter, unhampered by any Y2K technical failures or malfunctions," the alliance said in a statement released today. NATO staffers have worked hard to implement corrective measures and develop contingency plans to ensure that its Brussels headquarters and other major NATO military...

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