MIL-STD-188
MIL-STD-188 is a series of U.S. military standards relating to telecommunications. == Purpose == Faced with "past technical deficiencies in telecommunications systems and equipment and software…that were traced to basic inadequacies in the application of telecommunication standards and to the lack of a well defined…program for their review, control and implementation", the U.S. Department of Defense looked to develop a series of standards that would alleviate the problem.