Ayios Nikolaos Station

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Ayios Nikolaos Station, (Also spelled Agios Nikolaos Station, Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος) is a British army station and part of in the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia in Cyprus. It is connected by a road to the main area of the Dhekelia Garrison. The Joint Service Signal Unit (JSSU), formerly 9th Signal Regiment, is based at Ayios Nikolaos, providing both the British Armed Forces and the United Nations Forces with electronic warfare support and command and control systems. The sit is alleged to be a listening station of the US signals intelligence and analysis network, ECHELON^{[citation needed]}.

Note that Ayios Nikolaos or Agios Nikolaos is a very common place name in Greece and Cyprus since it is Greek for "Saint Nicholas".

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• Joint Service Signal Unit