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News 16 Oct 2006 - Intelligence fusion centre initial operational capability (IOC) ceremony Key links UK MoD website - New NATO intelligence centre opens in Britain

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MOLESWORTH, United Kingdom - The Intelligence Fusion Centre In Support of NATO (IFC) was officially opened here today by Mr. John Colston, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning at NATO HQ in Brussels, the Honorable Adam Ingram, British Minister of State for the Armed Forces, and General James L. Jones, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of Allied Command Operations (ACO).

The IFC is a significant resource that will share global intelligence information among NATO Allies and Partner nations thereby improving intelligence support directly related to ACO.  This will be particularly important when rapidly deploying the NATO Response Forces.
“Emerging threats are best countered through a dynamic intelligence organization that can react and transform as quickly as the threats emerge,” said General Jones.

The ceremony also marked the achievement of the Initial Operational Capability for the IFC which is an important step toward all-source, comprehensive Intelligence support to NATO operations.

For practical reasons the IFC is collocated with the U.S. European Command's Joint Analysis Center (JAC) as the infrastructure and logistic support required is already there and available.