National Reconnaissance Office
A Department of Defense agency tasked to ensure that the United States has the technology and spaceborne and airborne assets needed to acquire intelligence worldwide, including support to such functions as monitoring of arms control agreements, indications and warning, and the planning and conducting of military operations. This mission is accomplished through research and development, acquisition, and operation of spaceborne and airborne intelligence data collection systems. Also called NRO. (JP 2-0) | ||||
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National Reconnaissance Office Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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National Reconnaissance Office
Noun
1. an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations
(synonym) NRO
(hypernym) United States intelligence agency
(member-holonym) Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community, IC
(part-holonym) Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD
Noun
1. an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations
(synonym) NRO
(hypernym) United States intelligence agency
(member-holonym) Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community, IC
(part-holonym) Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD
National Reconnaissance Office Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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National Reconnaissance Office
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), located in Chantilly, Virginia, is one of the 16 intelligence agencies in the U.S. It designs, builds and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the United States government. It also coordinates collection and analysis of information from airplane and satellite reconnaissance by the military services and the Central Intelligence Agency. It is funded through the National Reconnaissance Program, which is part of the National Foreign Intelligence Program. The agency is part of the Department of Defense.
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