In 2011, NCTC built a hardened facility that houses both a softswitch and a data center (The old central office is being modified to use for colocation, equipment testing and computer training.
1 The War of 98 (The SpanishâAmerican War) The SpanishâAmerican War from a Spanish perspective (in English). 2  Name Index to New York in the SpanishâAmerican War 1898. 3  1898: El Ocaso de un Imperio Article in Spanish about naval operations during the SpanishâAmerican war.
The United States blamed Spanish agents for the attack and Congress authorized, over McKinley's objections, a blockade of Cuba. This precipitated a declaration of war by Spain on April 23, 1898. Spanish forces in the Caribbean and Pacific were quickly overwhelmed in a ten week war and in the subsequent negotiations; the United States acquired its first overseas colonies: Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.