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Seal of the NPIC

Brief history

Shortly before leaving office in January 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the creation of the National Photographic Interpretation Center, a joint project of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and DOD. NPIC was a component of the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology (DDS&T) and its primary function was imagery analysis. The agency was staffed by CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) analysts, and designed to be as apolitical as possible.

Led by Arthur C. Lundahl, NPIC played a critical role in the U.S. response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. NPIC became part of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now NGA) in 1996.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Main article: Cuban Missile Crisis

In 1962, NPIC observed the Soviet Union's installation of missiles in Cuba, which directly led to Cuban Missile Crisis. Through the analysis of images obtained by U-2 overflights, and film from canisters ejected by Corona satellites, NPIC analysts developed the information necessary to inform U.S. government officials; and develop operations during the Cuban Missile Crisis. On October 22, 1962; in a televised speech U.S. president John F. Kennedy declassified and made public a portion of the images depicting the Soviet missiles in Cuban territory. As a result of this speech, among many others, NPIC and their analysis accumulated worldwide attention. On October 25, 1962; the images analyzed by NPIC were presented to the United Nations Security Council by Adlai Stevenson.

List of directors

• Arthur C. Lundahl: first director of NPIC; May 1953 – July 1973
• John J. Hicks; July 1973 – May 1978
• Brigadier Gen. Rutledge P. Hazzard; June 1978 – February 1984
• Robert M. Huffstutler; Feb 1984 – Jan 1988
• Frank J. Ruocco; February 1988 – February 1991
• Leo Hazlewood; February 1991 – September 1993
• Nancy E. Bone; October 1993 – September 1996

refs to be used

secondary/tertiary

• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/dino-brugionis-birds-eye-view-of-cuban-missile-crisis-8218026.html
  • This is an independent source. (See what i did here?)
• http://breakingdefense.com/2017/06/us-must-boost-war-games-data-sharing-with-allies-dia/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/lifestyle/washington-dc-spy-map/
• http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-cuban-missile-crisis

sort of RS

• http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-spy-who-saved-the-worldthen-tried-to-destroy-it

References

Citations

Sources

• Curtis, Alan (2005). Patriotism, Democracy, and Common Sense: Restoring America's Promise at Home and Abroad. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-742-54217-4.

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