UK forces in Afghanistan and Iraq have started using a new satellite system that will see a dramatic improvement in their communications capability.They are now sending voice, images and other data over the Skynet 5A platform.
The spacecraft, which was launched in March, is part of a �3.6bn project to upgrade the super-fast connections between command centres.
"It's making a clear difference already," Brigadier Simon Shadbolt at the Ministry of Defence told BBC News.
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