military intelligence
Armed forces espionage
Military intelligence is information gathered about enemies or potential threats—troop movements, weapons capabilities, strategic plans.
It also refers to the personnel and agencies that collect and analyze such information: He spent twenty years in military intelligence.
The term is the basis of a well-worn joke about oxymorons.
- double agentsSpies betraying their employers
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- counterintelligenceDefense against enemy espionage
- deep coverProlonged covert infiltration
- cryptanalysisStudy of breaking ciphers
tradecraft · surveillance · reconnaissance · boots on the ground · CIA · national security · warfare · enemy combatants · HUMINT · field agent · disinformation · threat assessment · cryptography · command and control · covert operations · classified · eyes only · need to know
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- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- U.S. MilitaryArmy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Pentagon
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- Canadian MilitaryCanadian Armed Forces, Canadian Army, DND, service branches, special forces
- Intelligence AgenciesCIA, FBI, NSA, MI5, MI6
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Spying within national borders
business intelligence · academic research · corporate espionage
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