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    CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jul 25

    In the summer of 1960, the @USNavy secretly achieved what was once thought impossible – it successfully launched the first signals intelligence satellite in the world. GRAB: America's First Signals Intelligence Satellite: http://bit.ly/2JVSJME pic.twitter.com/HxyxQbpDmk

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    • Saminu ; ) khinekhine myint Claudia Tate Thirumalai Amitendu Roy Chowdhury Michael U. Mogbolu TheLastSatsuma (・ω・)/GABRIEL/
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      2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jul 25

        GRAB (Galactic Radiation & Background) was an ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) satellite system, operational from July 1960 to August 1962. It provided invaluable data on Soviet air defense radar, including info indicating the Soviets had capability to destroy ballistic missiles.pic.twitter.com/YH4T25QA1p

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      3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jul 25

        GRAB was created because President Eisenhower in the late 1950s wanted to avoid “another Pearl Harbor” – another devastating surprise that could turn the Cold War hot. In those days, space reconnaissance resided mostly in the realm of science fiction.pic.twitter.com/svBrAHx4rV

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      4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jul 25

        Courageous & innovative thinkers from intelligence, academia, military, & private industry came together under the mission of pursing a peacetime strategy of national reconnaissance. The office would later be known as the @NatReconOfc.pic.twitter.com/Gh7WD6vmEC

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      5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA Jul 25

        GRAB later gave birth to CORONA, which captured more usable photography on its first operational mission than all previous U-2 flights combined. Today, our satellites provides America with a commanding information edge. http://bit.ly/2JVSJME pic.twitter.com/JarbjGEWVo

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      2. Ming Nethery‏ @MingGao26 Jul 25
        Replying to @CIA @astroprofeddie @USNavy

        Wat dis?

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      3. Energy Field‏ @TheF0RCE Jul 25
        Replying to @MingGao26 @CIA and

        @MingGao26 it's Spikes Great Grandpa! Spike laugh and laugh!pic.twitter.com/c5XToEz87u

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      4. Eddie Guerra‏ @astroprofeddie Jul 25
        Replying to @TheF0RCE @MingGao26 and

        Don't forget tentacle hentai mission Note position of tentaclepic.twitter.com/awIK1dYiuc

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      5. Ming Nethery‏ @MingGao26 Jul 25
        Replying to @astroprofeddie @TheF0RCE and

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      1. cupcake_ishoo‏ @cupcake_ishoo Jul 25
        Replying to @CIA @USNavy

        Love! It's basically Great Grandpa Satellite!pic.twitter.com/8TMyTvkdZA

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      1. John G‏ @Johne7772 Jul 25
        Replying to @CIA @dzhray @USNavy

        True

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      1. Pam Bennett‏ @PamBennettSails Jul 25
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        And many other birds which are not known.

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      2. Kola‏ @allaye199 Jul 25
        Replying to @MooseLambRes1st @CIA @USNavy

        Get some life dude, those footballs are contain NFC chips...

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