National Security Operations Center
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The United States
' National SIGINT Operations Center (NSOC) is the focal point for the National Security Agency
's current operations center and focal point for time-sensitive SIGINT reporting for the United States SIGINT System (USSS).
. In the ensuing hours, NSA
leaders raced from office to office to gather the information necessary to assemble a coordinated response for the Agency and National leadership. This incident demonstrated the need for a dedicated watch center to respond to breaking world events. Hence, NSOC has been established in 1972.
After September 11, NSOC's mission was broadened from watch center to the operations center it is today.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
' National SIGINT Operations Center (NSOC) is the focal point for the National Security Agency
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
's current operations center and focal point for time-sensitive SIGINT reporting for the United States SIGINT System (USSS).
History
In 1969, a U.S. Navy EC-121 patrol plane was shot down over the Sea of JapanSea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific...
. In the ensuing hours, NSA
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
leaders raced from office to office to gather the information necessary to assemble a coordinated response for the Agency and National leadership. This incident demonstrated the need for a dedicated watch center to respond to breaking world events. Hence, NSOC has been established in 1972.
After September 11, NSOC's mission was broadened from watch center to the operations center it is today.
See also
- White House Situation RoomWhite House Situation RoomThe White House Situation Room is a conference room and intelligence management center in the basement of the West Wing of the White House. It is run by the National Security Council staff for the use of the President of the United States and his advisors to monitor and deal...
- National Operations Center (NOC)
- National Military Command CenterNational Military Command CenterLocated in the Pentagon, the National Military Command Center houses the logistical and communications center for the National Command Authority of the United States of America. The facility, which is composed of several war rooms, is the principal command and control center of the Department of...
(NMCC) - Alternate National Military Command Center (ANMCC)
- National Reconnaissance Operations CenterNational Reconnaissance Operations CenterThe United States' National Reconnaissance Operations Center is the focal point for the National Reconnaissance Office's current operations and for time-sensitive space-borne intelligence reporting for the United States Intelligence Community...
(NROC) - Defense Special Missile & Astronautics Center (DEFSMAC)
- Terrorist Threat Integration Center