New Dutch Satellite Station Opens For Gathering Intelligence
The Netherlands this week marked the beginning of a quantum leap in its intelligence-gathering capability. On Tuesday, representatives of both the Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and its civilian counterpart, the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) inaugurated a new satellite ground station near the village of Burum in the north of the country.
This station will be the most visible part of a new Dutch intelligence organisation called the NSO (‘National Signals Intelligence Organisation’), which will provide the AIVD and MIVD with raw intelligence.
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September 8, 2005 at 3:54 pm