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1960s – Operations Area Watch Center
After DEFSMAC was established by the April 1964 DoD Directive,
NSA moved quickly to find a suitable location at the NSA complex at
Fort George G. Meade, MD. The NSA SMAC operation was relocated,
space was added for the DIA personnel who were assigned to
DEFSMAC, and a communications area and a target location work
area was designed into the new Center.
Located next to the Watch Operation work area was the
communications suite and a computer-based missile/space
geographic location set of equipment and personnel. The missile and
space data analysts, reporting personnel, and a small management
and administrative ...