Battlefield Intelligence Flashcards
What is intelligence?
The product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially
hostile forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations
-product
What is surveillance?
The systematic observation of aerospace, surface, or subsurface areas, places, persons, or things, by visual, aural, electronic, photographic, or other means
-observation
What is reconnaissance?
A mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy or adversary, or to secure data concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area
-a mission
What is human intelligence?
Intelligence collected from human sources
What are advantages of HUMINT?
Enemy intentions
Plans
Doctrine
Leadership
Morale
What are the disadvantages of HUMINT?
Not consistently available in all areas
Not very timely
Reliability of foreign sources problematic
What is Geospatial Intelligence?
The exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess, and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth
What type of imagery are there?
Electro optical
IR
Radar
Multispectral
What are the advantages of GEOINT?
Provides enemy location and movement
Ideal for early warning
Accurate for map prep
Near-real-time capabilities
What are the disadvantages of GEOINT?
Dependent on light and weather
Radar systems are active emitters
Tactical GEOINT not always real time
Limited number of sources and platforms
What is signals intelligence?
Derived from electromagnetic radiation
-COMINT: communications
-ELINT: noncommunication emissions
What is signals intelligence?
Intercepting, identifying and locating enemy emissions
What are the advantages or SIGINT?
Rapid equipment identification and geolocation
Excellent source of enemy order of battle
What are the disadvantages of SIGINT?
Susceptible to deception
Must have line of sight
Resource intensive
Generally limited distribution
What are the critical elements to submit an RFI?
LTIOV
Location
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