| Definition of 'national reconnaissance office' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) National Reconnaissance Office, NRO
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
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| Definition of 'national reconnaissance office' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. 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.
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