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COMINT Collection System Installed on Finnish Aircraft

SUMMARY

An airborne communications intelligence collection system was provided to Finland through an NSA "accommodation buy" involving systems from Northrop Grumman and British Aerospace engineering. The system was installed on a Finnish spy plane; a test flight with NSA representatives came within 12 miles of the Russian border.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Jul 21, 2005

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Mar 01, 2018

TAGS

Finland