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[[Image:US-CentralSecurityService-Seal.svg|right|thumb|200px|U.S. Department of Defense Central Security Service]] |
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'''Kunia Tunnel'''<ref name="USA"> |
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{{cite web |
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| first = SFC Sheryl |
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| last = Lawry |
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| coauthors = Aftergood, Steven |
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| title = CW5 retires after 36 years of dedicated service |
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| url = http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/10/20/13440-cw5-retires-after-36-years-of-dedicated-service/ |
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| work = United States Army |
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| date = 2008-10-20 |
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| accessdate = 2009-08-18 |
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}}</ref>, also known as the ''Regional Signals Intelligence Operations Center Kunia'' or the ''NSA Kunia Regional Security Operations Center''<ref name="eye"> |
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| title = Kunia RSOC Echelon Global Surveillance Station |
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| url = http://eyeball-series.org/kunia/kunia-rsoc.htm |
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| work = Cryptome Eyeball Series |
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| date = 2007-09-17 |
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| accessdate = 2009-08-18 |
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}}</ref>, is an underground military intelligence operations center for the [[United States]] [[National Security Agency]]. |
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<ref name="SB">{{cite news |
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| title = Blind businessman sues SBA for Web site access |
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| publisher = Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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| date = [[2009-08-18]] |
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| url = http://www.starbulletin.com/business/20090818_Blind_businessman_sues_SBA_for_Web_site_access.html |
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| accessdate = 2009-08-18}}</ref><ref name="FAS"> |
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{{cite web |
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| coauthors = Aftergood, Steven |
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| url = http://www.fas.org/irp/facility/kunia.htm |
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| work = Federation of American Scientists |
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| date = 2000-09-13 |
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| accessdate = 2009-08-18 |
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}}</ref> It is a secured installation located on Kunia Road between [[Kunia Camp, Hawaii|Kunia Camp]] and [[Wheeler Army Airfield]] in central [[Oahu|Oahu, Hawaii]]. |
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==History== |
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In response to the attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] in 1941, the installation was designed and built as a bomb-proof, underground open bay with a 250,000 square foot floorspace to facilitate aircraft assembly in proximity to Wheeler Army Airfield. During the later part of World War II and in the decades that followed it was used primarily for [[Cryptography|cryptologic]] and intelligence activities.<ref name="inn"> |
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{{cite web |
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| title = 1. Kunia Tunnel |
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| url = http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/10/20/13440-cw5-retires-after-36-years-of-dedicated-service/ |
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| work = Wheeler Army Airfield Historic Guide |
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| date = 2000-04-07 |
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| accessdate = 2009-08-18 |
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}}</ref> |
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==Operations== |
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Military complements that currently occupy the structure include the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy's]] Naval Security Group Activity Hawaii (formerly [[NSGA Kunia]]) and the [[Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)|U.S. Army Military Intelligence Corps]] [[500th Military Intelligence Brigade]].<ref name="FAS"/> |
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==Future== |
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Once complete the National Security Agency [[Central Security Service|Central Security Service's]] ''Hawaii Regional Security Operations Center'' presently under construction will replace operations at Kunia Tunnel. The facility, located near [[Whitmore Village, Hawai'i|Whitmore Village, Oahu]], occupies the former site of the large, circular antenna at the [[Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific]], or NCTAMS PAC. The construction contract awarded is worth $318 million. <ref name="eye" /> |
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==References== |
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==External Links== |
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* [http://www.midweek.com/content/zones/west_news_article/neighborhood_news47/ Entrance to Kunia Tunnel reopens] |
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* [http://www.army.mil/-images/2008/10/20/24084/ U.S. Army photo caption references tunnel] |
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* [http://www.innatschofield.com/w2.html Abandoned runway intended for use in conjunction with Kunia Tunnel] |
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* [http://eyeball-series.org/hrsoc/hrsoc-eyeball.htm NSA-CSS Hawaii Regional Security Operations Center under construction (unofficial)] |
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[[Category:National Security Agency operations]] |
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[[Category:National Security Agency facilities]] |
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