national reconnaissance office

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national reconnaissance office - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  National Reconnaissance Office
      n 1: an intelligence agency in the United States Department of
           Defense that designs and builds and operates space
           reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide
           and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental
           issues and to help plan military operations [syn: National Reconnaissance Office
           , NRO]