ECHELON
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ECHELON, originally a secret government code name, is a surveillance program operated by the five signatory states to the UKUSA Security Agreement: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the Unite
A radome at RAF Menwith Hill, a site with satellite uplink capabilities believed to be used by ECHELON
RAF Menwith Hill, North Yorkshire, England
Equipment at the Yakima Research Station (YRS) in the early days of the ECHELON program
Teletype operators at the Yakima Research Station (YRS) in the early days of the ECHELON program
Pine Gap
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Pine Gap is a joint Australian–United States satellite communications and signals intelligence surveillance base and Australian Earth station approximately 18 km south-west of the town of Alice Spring
ECHELON
…75-baud secure Teletype orderwire channel. In 1999 the Australian Senate Joint Standing Committee on Treaties was told by Professor Desmond Ball that the Pine Gap facility was used as a ground station for a satellite-based interception network. The satellites were said to be large radio dishes between 20 and 100…
Pine Gap by Skyring
Warning sign on the road to Pine Gap
A protest against the Iraq War held at Pine Gap in 2002