A variant of the Comet, a British-built aircraft that became the world's first jetliner in the early 1950s, the Nimrod was built for an antisubmarine role but has been used in Afghanistan and Iraq for patrolling over battle zones and aiding communications among ground troops.
Humanitarian workers are tasked with providing materials essential to life, such as shelter, water, medicines, emergency food aid or communications.
On Sunday, officials from Turkey and the United States said they planned to provide nonlethal aid, including communications equipment and medical supplies, to opposition groups inside Syria.
And on Sunday an administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that the United States had already begun to supply some aid, including communications gear, to the rebel Free Syrian Army.
In London, the British foreign secretary, William Hague, said on Friday that his government would contribute a further $8 million in nonlethal aid, including communications equipment and medical supplies, to the rebels.
During Soviet times, the illegals had two main functions: to aid in communications between embassy KGB officers and their US sources (an illegal would be less likely to be put under surveillance than a diplomat); and to be sleeper cells for a potential "special period" – a war between the US and the Soviet Union.
The Office of Communications manages a range of sympa email lists designed to aid in communications across Trinity College.
He points to an alternative way to aid the communications gap.
At the time of the cabinet shuffle Dunderdale also created the Office of Public Engagement, which will bring together different departments to aid in communications efforts.
