Battlefield Intelligence

Question 1

Define Intelligence

Answer 1

A product resulting from analysis and collection about hostile or potentially hostile forces, or areas of operations.

Question 2

Define Surviellance

Answer 2

Persistent observation to establish patterns

Question 3

Define Recon

Answer 3

A mission undertaken to obtain by visual observation or other detection means.

Question 4

Define HUMINT

Answer 4

Intel collected from human sources, interrogation, debriefs, enemy docs and covert tactics.

Question 5

What are pros and cons of HUMINT

Answer 5

Pro: Intent, Plans, Doctrine
Con: Unreliable, not timely, reliability

Question 6

Define GEOINT

Answer 6

Exploitation of imagery and geospatial information.

Question 7

What are the Pros and Cons of GEOINT

Answer 7

Pro: Enemy location, Early Warning, near real time

Con: Weather dependent, active emitter, limited number

Question 8

Define SIGINT

Answer 8

Derived from electromagnetic radiation. COMINT and ELINT.

Question 9

SIGINT Pros and Cons

Answer 9

Pros: Rapid ID, Order of Battle

Con: Susceptible to deception, needs LoS, limited

Question 10

What is LTIOV

Answer 10

Limited Time Information is Of Value: Cutoff date. Short suspense may not allow the intel cycle enough time to furnish a quality response.

Question 11

Three components of an RFI

Answer 11

LTIOV, LOC, Question

Question 12

What are the five types of collection assets

Answer 12

1) Satellites
2) Aircraft
3) UAS
4) Ground Based Sensors
5) SMs