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> National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Virginia (2014) I am always surprised how so few people even know this exists. It has a $10B budget on par with NS
by rdtsc 9y ago
> National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Virginia (2014)
I am always surprised how so few people even know this exists. It has a $10B budget on par with NSA and CIA.
I like and am creeped out by their mission patches:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_launches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_launches
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_launches#/media/File:Lacrosse5_M_patch.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_launches#/media/Fi... (a crazy gorilla with a US flag in hand)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_launches#/media/File:Nrol-39.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_launches#/media/Fi... (giant octopus devouring Earth)
- grasshopperpurp 9y agoI like and am creeped out by their mission patches Me too! My favorite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_launches#/media/File:NROL10_USA155_patch.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_launches#/media/Fi...
- GCU-Empiricist 9y agoLook at their history on wikpedia; they weren't part of the unclassified alphabet soup till 1992s and do a fair job of staying out of the general noosphere. Yeah they do have some fun with their mission patches :)