The Dorsey Road Warehouse is a U.S.
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collecti ...
warehouse located at 1472 Dorsey Road in
Hanover
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,
Maryland
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. Built between 1995 and 1996 at a cost of $10 million, the warehouse is a storage facility for sophisticated
signals intelligence
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of ''signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ( ...
and
communications security equipment, including
spy satellite
A reconnaissance satellite or intelligence satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications.
The ...
s, as well as office equipment and supplies. The warehouse covers and is tall.
References
National Security Agency facilities
Buildings and structures in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
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