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== Post Cold War: 1989 – Present == | == Post Cold War: 1989 – Present == | ||
After the Cold War was resolved, the fall of Soviet Communism unleashed a new security threat. | After the Cold War was resolved, the fall of Soviet Communism unleashed a new security threat. Enumerable threats that may have affected the security of the U.S. and its citizens, such as chemical warfare, biological warfare, threat from EMP’s, radiological attacks, were prevalent. In response to these threats, DARPA formed an organization to monitor them, and began creating technology to overcome them. In the mean time, the success of operation Desert Storm in 1990 was greatly due to DARPA’s technological advancement in various tactical fields such as stealth crafts and laser-guided missiles. DARPA continues to produce new technologies both for military and commercial usage. <ref name="link2">[http://www.darpa.mil/About/History/First_50_Years.aspx#Videos of 50 Years of DARPA Achievements]</ref> | ||
== DARPA and ICANN == | == DARPA and ICANN == | ||