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  | |  	 	 	 	 	 		| Location 
 
 | Country 
 
 | Target/Task 
 
 | Relations 
 
 |   		|  MORWENSTOW 
 
 | UK 
 
 | INTELSAT, 			Atlantic, Europe, Indian Ocean 
 
 |  NSA, 			GCHQ 
 
 |   		|  SUGAR 			GROVE 
 
 | USA 
 
 | INTELSAT, 			Atlantic, North and South America 
 
 |  NSA 
 
 |   		|  YAKIMA 			FIRING CENTER 
 
 | USA 
 
 | INTELSAT, 			Pacific 
 
 |  NSA 
 
 |   		|  WAIHOPAI 
 
 | NEW 			ZEALAND 
 
 | INTELSAT, 			Pacific 
 
 |  NSA, 			GCSB 
 
 |   		|  GERALDTON 
 
 | AUSTRALIA 
 
 | INTELSAT, 			Pacific 
 
 |  NSA, 			DSD 
 
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 |   		|  MENWITH 			HILL 
 
 | UK 
 
 | Sat, 			Groundstation, Microwave(land based) 
 
 |  NSA, 			GCHQ 
 
 |   		| SHOAL 			BAY 
 
 | AUSTRALIA 
 
 | Indonesian 			Sat 
 
 |  NSA, 			DSD 
 
 |   		|  LEITRIM 
 
 | CANADA 
 
 | Latin 			American Sat 
 
 |  NSA, 			CSE 
 
 |   		|  BAD 			AIBLING 
 
 | GERMANY 
 
 | Sat, 			Groundstation 
 
 |  NSA 
 
 |   		|  MISAWA 
 
 | JAPAN 
 
 | Sat 
 
 |  NSA 
 
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 |   		|  PINE 			GAP 
 
 | AUSTRALIA 
 
 | Groundstation 
 
 | CIA 
 
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 |   		|  FORT 			MEADE 
 
 | USA 
 
 | Dictionary 			Processing 
 
 |  NSA 			Headquarters 
 
 |   		| WASHINGTON 
 
 | USA 
 
 | Dictionary 			Processing 
 
 |  NSA 
 
 |   		|  OTTAWA 
 
 | CANADA 
 
 | Dictionary 			Processing 
 
 | CSE 
 
 |   		|  CHELTENHAM 
 
 | UK 
 
 | Dictionary 			Processing 
 
 |  GCHQ 
 
 |   		| CANBERRA 
 
 | AUSTRALIA 
 
 | Dictionary 			Processing 
 
 | DSD 
 
 |   		| WELLINGTON 
 
 | NEW 			ZEALAND 
 
 | Dictionary 			Processing 
 
 | GCSB 			Headquarters 
 
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          |  International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) The ICPC aims at reducing the number of incidents of damages to submarine telecommunications cables by hazards.
 
 The Committee also serves as a forum for the exchange of technical and legal information pertaining to submarine cable protection methods and programs and funds projects and programs, which are beneficial for the protection of submarine cables.
 
 Membership is restricted to authorities (governmental administrations or commercial companies) owning or operating submarine telecommunications cables. As of May 1999, 67 members representing 38 nations were members.
 
 http://www.iscpc.org
 
 
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