National Reconnaissance Operations Center Explained

The United States' National Reconnaissance Operations Center (NROC) 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 (USIC). The NROC was created in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks.^[1]

NROC serves as a back-up to the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), located at Vandenberg AFB, California.^[2] New York's 222d Command and Control Squadron (222 CACS) provides personnel augmentation to NROC.^[3]

See also

• White House Situation Room
• National Operations Center (NOC)
• National Military Command Center (NMCC)
• Alternate National Military Command Center (ANMCC)
• National SIGINT Operations Center (NSOC)
• Defense Special Missile & Astronautics Center (DEFSMAC)
• Terrorist Threat Integration Center
• 222d Command and Control Squadron (New York Air National Guard)

Notes and References

1. http://www.nro.gov/articles/3_Horne.pdf Horne, Jeffrey: "Transforming National Space Security: Enabling DoD and Intelligence Community Defensive Space Control Collaboration"
2. http://www.nro.gov/articles/1_Large.pdf Large, Scott: "National Security Space Collaboration as a National Defense Imperative"
3. http://readme.readmedia.com/New-York-Air-National-Guard-Activates-Central-New-York-Reconnaissance-Unit/311111 New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs: "New York Air National Guard Activates Central New York Reconnaissance Unit", 5 Dec 2008