Military intelligence

Question 1

Intelligence Actors in Conflict Zones

Answer 1

The Actual Fighting Parties
- Local military, rebel groups, militias, PMCs

International Observers/Monitoring Missions
- OSCE, EU, OAS, UN, Etc.

Multi national coalition and intervention forces
- Third party states, NATO, AU, Etc.

IGOs and peacekeeping operations
- UN missions, DPKO, national peacekeeping contingents, Etc.

NGOs and Humanitarian Groups
- Red Cross

Question 2

Anthological Intelligence?

Answer 2

Intelligence on cultures, customs, religion, language

Intelligence on interethnic relations

Aspects of Anthropogeography

Question 3

Strategic Military Intelligence

Answer 3

Formation of strategy, policy, and military plans and operations at the national and theatre levels,” serving the needs of national leaders and politicians.

Policy makers, Politicians, high ranking military officers.

Question 4

Operational Military Intelligence

Answer 4

Bridge between Strategic and Tactical intelligence.

Planning and execution of campaigns and major operations” and “serves as a bridge between strategic and tactical” intelligence. Satisfies the intelligence needs of military commanders on the theatre, corps, or task force levels.

More campaign plans than overarching war goals.

Question 5

Tactical Military Intelligence

Answer 5

Supports the execution of battles and engagements.” Services the intelligence needs of the tactical commander

Regimental, battalion, or company level.

Which makes it extremely time-critical and inherently perishable.

specific local or temporal details, such as local topography and terrain, mine fields, current meteorological data, present conditions of roads, visual cover, troop morale, etc.

Question 6

Military Intelligence: Reconnaissance and Scouting

Various techniques

Answer 6

By fire → shoot at stuff and then find out by that

By force → used specifically to probe an enemy’s combat ability.

By Pull → Try to lure the enemy

Question 7

Military Intelligence: Reconnaissance and Scouting

Who conducts it

Answer 7

Conducted by all branches of the military

Aerial recon, armored recon, special recon, amphibious recon etc.

Question 8

Military Intelligence: Reconnaissance and Scouting

Specialised reconnaissance units

Answer 8

LRRPs, scouting vehicles, sniper teams, UAVs, pathfinders, reconnaissance aircraft and ships

LLRP → long range reconnaissance patrols

UAV → Drones

Question 9

Military Intelligence: Hardware Recognitions (Also a type of OSINT)

Answer 9

Identifying capabilities
- Combat value
- Movement range
- May allow deducing intentions and disposition

National Origin of equipment has political implementations
- Support from external actors (e.g. covert interventions)
- Arms trafficking
- Banned weaponry (violations of international conventions)

Question 10

Intelligence in Peace Support Operations (PSOs)

Answer 10

Military scope of PSOs
- Monitoring
- Peace keeping
- Peace Inforcement
- Peace Building