Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004141

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, typed: NATO PHOTO No: 7267//13 / NATO’s communications have developed with the / Alliance. From a small initial network / linking the Military Commands only, the systems / have been progressively expanded to provide / facilities for all NATO’s communications needs - / both civil and military. The search for ever / more reliable and speedy communications led / NATO to invest collectively in the most modern / means of transmission – the satellite. By / early 1972, NATO’s SATCOM system of two / satellites with twelve ground terminals / provided coverage extending over the entire / defence area of the Alliance. Since 1968 all / capitals, major Military Commands, and NATO / Headquarters in Brussels have been linked / by a network of secure teleprinter lines known / as NATOWIDE. Eventually, all NATO’s communications / will be absorbed into one automatically switched / grid-type network to be called NICS – the NATO / Integrated Communications System. / This photo shows the SATCOM ground terminal / which serves SHAPE, near Mons, and the NATO / Headquarters in Brussels / This photo is NATO copyright and if it is / published please credit “NATO PHOTO” and / send a copy of the publication to: / Photo Bureau, / NATO//OTAN / 1110 Brussels, Belgium.; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR

Tagasauris Keywords: Aerial photography; Aerial view; Ariel View; Day; Dome; Nobody; Observatory; Outdoors; Political Science; Politics; Scenic; Science and technology; Suburb; Travel; Tree
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / BRUSSELS
Retouching: N