Week 1

Which are the correct three levels of Intelligence?

• Signals Intelligence, Geospatial Intelligence, Open Source Intelligence

• Operational Intelligence, Counter Intelligence, Technical Intelligence

• Strategic Intelligence, Human Intelligence, Cyber Intelligence

• Strategic Intelligence, Operational Intelligence, Tactical Intelligence

What are the four element of the Intelligence cycle?

• Direction, Collection, Analysis, Dissemination

• Direction, Collection, Processing, Dissemination.

• Gathering, Analysis, Reporting, Action

• Strategy, Collection, Assessment, Distribution

What is the role of military intelligence?

To provide the _________ and his staff with an accurate picture of the environment so that they can plan and conduct operations successfully

Levels of Intelligence

Understanding political intent of a national government. How national governments can use

diplomatic, economic, and military levers of power to meet their own national interest.

• Tactical Intelligence

• Operational Intelligence

• Strategic Intelligence

Produced in response to Intelligence Requirements (IRs) linked to current or imminent operations.

This intelligence refers to events at the time of the operation such as

changes to enemy ORBAT, combat efficiency and tactics.

• Current Intelligence

• Applied Intelligence

• Basic Intelligence

What is the difference between information and intelligence?

• Information is always accurate, while intelligence may contain errors.

• Information is classified, while intelligence is unclassified.

• Information is raw data, while intelligence is analyzed and processed data.

• Information is used for daily operations, while intelligence is used for long-term planning.

Is required by Formation and Unit commanders for planning operations at their level and confined to their Area of Intelligence Interest

• Operational Intelligence

• Tactical Intelligence

• Strategic Intelligence

Background Intelligence about a subject.

Continually updates during peacetime and during operations. 

Used to set the scene and meet Intelligence Requirements (IRs)

that are less likely to change (terrain, climate, weapon capabilities etc).

• Basic Intelligence

• Current Intelligence

• Tactical Intelligence

• Applied Intelligence