National Reconnaissance Office

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), översatt: Nationella rekognoseringskontoret, är en amerikansk federal myndighet som hör till försvarsdepartementet.^[1]

NRO är en del av USA:s underrättelsegemenskap och finansieras genom National Reconnaissance Program som är en del av National Foreign Intelligence Program.^[2]

Bakgrund och verksamhet

Satellitbild av Pentagon tagen av en Coronasatellit, 25 september 1967.

NRO konstruerar, bygger och driver USA:s satelliter för underrättelseändamål, dvs spionsatelliter.^[1] NRO började 1961 som ett samarbete mellan USA:s flygvapen och Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), men är numera en egen myndighet. Organisationens existens var hemligstämplad fram till 1992.^[3]

Användningen av NRO:s resurser regleras i ett samförståndsavtal mellan USA:s försvarsminister och USA:s nationella underrättelsedirektör.^[1] NRO:s verksamhet omges av sträng sekretess och de årliga budgetanslagen redovisas vanligen inte offentligt.

Satelliter

Se även

USA:s rymdstyrka
NASA, USA:s civila rymdstyrelse.
National Security Agency, USA:s signalspanningsmyndighet
United States Space Command

Källor

Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia, National Reconnaissance Office, 10 juni 2010.

Noter

^ [a b c] ”National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)” (på engelska). Department of Defense DIRECTIVE NUMBER 5105.23. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). 19 oktober 2015. https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/510523p.pdf?ver=2019-01-14-095546-317. Läst 28 december 2021. ”MISSION. The NRO is responsible for research and development (R&D), acquisition, launch, deployment, and operation of overhead reconnaissance systems, and related data-processing facilities to collect intelligence and information to support national and DoD missions and other United States Government (USG) needs, pursuant to Reference (d).”
^ ”Members of the IC” (på engelska). www.dni.gov. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. https://www.dni.gov/index.php/what-we-do/members-of-the-ic. Läst 28 december 2021. ”The National Reconnaissance Office designs, builds and operates the nation's reconnaissance satellites. NRO products, provided to an expanding list of customers like the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense, can warn of potential trouble spots around the world, help plan military operations, and monitor the environment. As part of the Intelligence Community, the NRO plays a primary role in achieving information superiority for the U.S. Government and Armed Forces. A DOD agency, the NRO is staffed by DOD and CIA personnel. It is funded through the National Reconnaissance Program, part of the National Foreign Intelligence Program.”
^ Richelson (27 september 2000). ”The NRO Declassified” (på engelska). National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 33. National Security Archive, George Washington University. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB35/. Läst 28 december 2021.

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[DIRECTIVE_NUMBER_5105.23-1] [a b c] ”National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)” (på engelska). Department of Defense DIRECTIVE NUMBER 5105.23. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). 19 oktober 2015. https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/510523p.pdf?ver=2019-01-14-095546-317. Läst 28 december 2021. ”MISSION. The NRO is responsible for research and development (R&D), acquisition, launch, deployment, and operation of overhead reconnaissance systems, and related data-processing facilities to collect intelligence and information to support national and DoD missions and other United States Government (USG) needs, pursuant to Reference (d).”

[2] ”Members of the IC” (på engelska). www.dni.gov. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. https://www.dni.gov/index.php/what-we-do/members-of-the-ic. Läst 28 december 2021. ”The National Reconnaissance Office designs, builds and operates the nation's reconnaissance satellites. NRO products, provided to an expanding list of customers like the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense, can warn of potential trouble spots around the world, help plan military operations, and monitor the environment. As part of the Intelligence Community, the NRO plays a primary role in achieving information superiority for the U.S. Government and Armed Forces. A DOD agency, the NRO is staffed by DOD and CIA personnel. It is funded through the National Reconnaissance Program, part of the National Foreign Intelligence Program.”

[3] Richelson (27 september 2000). ”The NRO Declassified” (på engelska). National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 33. National Security Archive, George Washington University. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB35/. Läst 28 december 2021.

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