Intelligence Current Affairs Flashcards
(16 cards)
Cyberspace was officially recognised as a fifth domain by NATO in 2016, joining the traditional domains of ____, _____, _____ and _____. Though as everything is integrating cyber we may even lose the idea of it being a separate domain
air, land, sea, and space
Geopolitical competition increasingly takes place in the information domain which the _____ is using as its primary weapon
Kremlin
In _____ 2024, Russian operatives covertly hired right-wing US influencers to create viral videos ahead of the US presidential election
September
Defence Secretary claims that the UK will be at the leading edge of innovation on AI; for example, the widescale adoption of AI to complete all initial analysis of imagery, thus accelerating _____________ ________ .
intelligence analysis
new Digital Targeting Web , is central to UK efforts to learn lessons directly from the front line in ________
ukraine
The Ministry of Defence will establish a Cyber and Electromagnetic Command. Follows the MOD having to protect UK military networks against more than _____________ ‘sub-threshold’ attacks in the last two years. what will the command do?
90,000
The Command will lead defensive cyber operations and coordinate offensive cyber capabilities with the National Cyber Force.
advances in
technology are changing the types of
intelligence needed and the speed at
which it must be collated, analysed, and
disseminated if it is to be relevant to
decision-making. _____ _______ are rapidly
expanding.
data volumes
Unlike insurgent warfare in Afghanistan and Iraq, a conflict with a peer adversary would involve advanced weapons systems, cyber warfare, electronic warfare, and space-based assets. Intelligence would need to track complex multi-domain operations in real time. Why?
Unlike insurgent warfare in Afghanistan and Iraq, a conflict with a peer adversary would involve advanced weapons systems, cyber warfare, electronic warfare, and space-based assets. Intelligence would need to track complex multi-domain operations in real time.
The UK has access to world-class
intelligence capabilities, from Defence
Intelligence. Which 4 groups do we have access to?
Defence Intelligence (DI), UK Intelligence
Community (UKIC), the Five Eyes
intelligence alliance, and the UK’s
bilateral intelligence relationships.
Of particular concern is
the status of DI, which is dedicated
to meeting the needs of Defence.
Although demand for its services is
increasing, there are approximately
___ fewer people working in DI today
than in 2019 and its digital programmes
have been subject to significant cuts
and deferments.
500
There are also barriers
to interoperability between which two bodies, risking their collective
capabilities delivering less than the sum
of their parts?
Defence and UKIC
The MOD should invest in DI to build
its capability and capacity. In addition,
Defence should maximise its existing
intelligence capabilities (DI, PJHQ Joint
Intelligence (J2), UK Special Forces J2,
and Royal Navy, Army, RAF and Space
Command intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance organisations) as
part of the __________ _______.
Integrated Force
The MOD should invest in DI to build
its capability and capacity. In addition,
Defence should maximise its existing
intelligence capabilities (DI, PJHQ Joint
Intelligence (J2), UK Special Forces J2,
and Royal Navy, Army, RAF and Space
Command intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance organisations) as
part of the Integrated Force. What is the Integrated Force?
The MOD should invest in DI to build
its capability and capacity. In addition,
Defence should maximise its existing
intelligence capabilities (DI, PJHQ Joint
Intelligence (J2), UK Special Forces J2,
and Royal Navy, Army, RAF and Space
Command intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance organisations) as
part of the Integrated Force. How should it do this?
By establishing a single defence intelligence enterprise operating under the banner of Military Intelligence Services (MIS) with functional leadership provided by DI - this would reduce fragmentation.
The MOD should create a single counter-intelligence unit that brings together Defence expertise and specialist capabailities alongside UKIC investigations into _____ and _____ espionage and ‘insider threat’ activity
human and cyber
