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Although more than 90% of the International Monitoring System (IMS), operated by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) has been installed, over the next decade, a large proportion of IMS stations will reach the milestone of 20+ years post-certification with continuous operation. Thus, in order to develop a strategy for the long term sustainment of the IMS, the expected life spans of stations and their subsystems should be understood and a good technical methodology to determine the needs of the IMS should be developed. This fact caused the CTBTO to examine various sources of information and expertise that could be utilized to build upon its in-house expertise and to obtain a solid basis for the strategy. One such source of information was a group of international experts that formed the Guidance Committee for IMS sustainment. These experts have experience in operating and maintaining large (sometimes global) monitoring networks from different technologies and also deal with the complexities of developing strategies for the future sustainment of the equipment installed at stations. The experts have proved to be crucial as “sounding boards” for guiding our understanding of the best methods to utilize within the sustainment strategy.
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