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Definition of National Reconnaissance Office
1. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Nro
Group relationships: Defense, Defense Department, Department Of Defense, Dod, United States Department Of Defense
Generic synonyms: United States Intelligence Agency
Group relationships: Ic, Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community
Group relationships: Defense, Defense Department, Department Of Defense, Dod, United States Department Of Defense
Generic synonyms: United States Intelligence Agency
Group relationships: Ic, Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community
Lexicographical Neighbors of National Reconnaissance Office
Literary usage of National Reconnaissance Office
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. High Frontier: The U.S. Air Force and the Military Space Program by Curtis Peebles (1998)
"The National Reconnaissance Office The United States lost its main source of
intelligence on the Soviet military force structure and capabilities on May 1 ..."