Misawa Security Operations Center
TheMisawa Security Operations Center(MSOC), nicknamedSecurity Hill,is aU.S. militaryandNational Security Agency(NSA)signals intelligencefacility located onMisawa Air BaseinMisawa, Aomori,Japan.[1][2][3]The center's history began in 1953, when the U.S. Air Force1st Radio Squadron Mobileestablished a facility at the site. The center expanded in the 1970s, and by the 1980s it employed around 2000 people.[3]As of March 2009,[update]the center monitored “over 8000 signals on 16 targeted satellites”, according to the NSA.[2]As of 2003,[update]the center employed around 900 people.[3]
References[edit]
- ^"Misawa Security Operations Center".Misawa Air Base.March 17, 2009.RetrievedOctober 13,2021.
- ^abGallagher, Ryan(April 24, 2017)."Japan made secret deals with the NSA that expanded global surveillance".The Intercept.RetrievedOctober 13,2021.
- ^abcGittler, Juliana (September 7, 2003)."Security Hill marks 50 years of silent service".Stars and Stripes.RetrievedOctober 13,2021.
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