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The '''Misawa Security Operations Center''', nicknamed '''Security Hill''', is [[U.S. military]] and [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) [[signals intelligence]] facility located on [[Misawa Air Base]] in [[Misawa, Aomori]], Japan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.misawa.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/402304/misawa-security-operations-center/ |date=March 17, 2009 |access-date=October 13, 2021 |title=Misawa Security Operations Center |publisher=[[Misawa Air Base]]}}</ref><ref name=gallagher>{{cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Ryan |author-link=Ryan Gallagher |title=Japan made secret deals with the NSA that expanded global surveillance |date=April 24, 2017 |website=[[The Intercept]] |url=https://theintercept.com/2017/04/24/japans-secret-deals-with-the-nsa-that-expand-global-surveillance/ |access-date=October 13, 2021}}</ref><ref name=gittler /> The center's history began in 1953, when the U.S. Air Force [[1st Radio Squadron Mobile]] established a facility at the site. The center expanded in the 1970s, and by the 1980s it employed around 2000 people.<ref name=gittler>{{cite news |last=Gittler |first=Juliana |title=Security Hill marks 50 years of silent service |date=September 7, 2003 |newspaper=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/security-hill-marks-50-years-of-silent-service-1.11105 |access-date=October 13, 2021}}</ref> {{As of|March 2009|post=,}} the center monitored “over 8000 signals on 16 targeted satellites”, according to the NSA.<ref name=gallagher /> {{As of|2003|post=,}} the center employed around 900 people.<ref name=gittler />
The '''Misawa Security Operations Center''', nicknamed '''Security Hill''', is a [[U.S. military]] and [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) [[signals intelligence]] facility located on [[Misawa Air Base]] in [[Misawa, Aomori]], Japan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.misawa.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/402304/misawa-security-operations-center/ |date=March 17, 2009 |access-date=October 13, 2021 |title=Misawa Security Operations Center |publisher=[[Misawa Air Base]]}}</ref><ref name=gallagher>{{cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Ryan |author-link=Ryan Gallagher |title=Japan made secret deals with the NSA that expanded global surveillance |date=April 24, 2017 |website=[[The Intercept]] |url=https://theintercept.com/2017/04/24/japans-secret-deals-with-the-nsa-that-expand-global-surveillance/ |access-date=October 13, 2021}}</ref><ref name=gittler /> The center's history began in 1953, when the U.S. Air Force [[1st Radio Squadron Mobile]] established a facility at the site. The center expanded in the 1970s, and by the 1980s it employed around 2000 people.<ref name=gittler>{{cite news |last=Gittler |first=Juliana |title=Security Hill marks 50 years of silent service |date=September 7, 2003 |newspaper=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/security-hill-marks-50-years-of-silent-service-1.11105 |access-date=October 13, 2021}}</ref> {{As of|March 2009|post=,}} the center monitored “over 8000 signals on 16 targeted satellites”, according to the NSA.<ref name=gallagher /> {{As of|2003|post=,}} the center employed around 900 people.<ref name=gittler />


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Revision as of 12:58, 13 October 2021

The Misawa Security Operations Center, nicknamed Security Hill, is a U.S. military and National Security Agency (NSA) signals intelligence facility located on Misawa Air Base in Misawa, Aomori, Japan.[1][2][3] The center's history began in 1953, when the U.S. Air Force 1st Radio Squadron Mobile established 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, the center monitored “over 8000 signals on 16 targeted satellites”, according to the NSA.[2] As of 2003, the center employed around 900 people.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Misawa Security Operations Center". Misawa Air Base. March 17, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Gallagher, Ryan (April 24, 2017). "Japan made secret deals with the NSA that expanded global surveillance". The Intercept. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Gittler, Juliana (September 7, 2003). "Security Hill marks 50 years of silent service". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved October 13, 2021.

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