Talk:National Reconnaissance Office

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Someone references in the spoiler about Deception Point. The book pointed out that the NRO director had Pentagon connections, hence him using Delta Force. Obviously Delta Force would not be under the normal orders of the NRO director.

Actual Patch?

On this page [[1]], the 3rd patch down (with the dragon clutching the Earth) is for this organization. I was checking Wikipedia to see if it's the old patch, but there's no mention. It's a hell of a lot creepier than the current image. Anyone got a reliable source? It's a cool patch. 99.246.109.131 (talk) 00:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Memo?

I added the memo into the article, but I just added the link instead. FAS.Org had better material than the other sites listed. Nuclearmound 02:27, 15 July 2006 (UTC)Nuclearmound[reply]

History

Before I update the dates on the history page, I wanted to bring it here first. Looking at the fact sheet from the NRO at http://www.nro.gov/nro_factsheet.doc it states that the NRO was officially established in Sept 1961. In the article, it states 1960. Can I get some clarification prior to updating this page? Thanks Rob110178 03:55, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is 1961. Check the documents on http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB35/ which clearly show the office did not exist before 1961. Bhamer (talk) 03:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sypsat is coming down, coming down

Both CNN and BBC report based on AP that some 9-ton american photo spysat is failing systems and falling out of the sky in March and yankee are mighty worried that it may fall for Putin so the russkies can steal high-tech. 91.83.22.105 (talk) 10:17, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]