reconnaissance
Pre-mission intelligence work
Reconnaissance is the military practice of surveying enemy territory to gather information about positions, movements, or terrain.
The word extends to any preliminary inspection or exploration: We did some reconnaissance before choosing a restaurant.
Often shortened to recon: Send a team on recon.
Regular surveillance route
- tacticalStrategically planned
- reconPreliminary military observation
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- missionPurpose-driven task
surveillance · aerial · infiltration · radar · sonar · terrain · enemy · flank
Handheld dual-lens magnifier
- trailPath through wilderness
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- trackerOne who follows trails
footprints · hide · terrain · navigate · outpost · lookout · vantage · observation
Physical feature mapping
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- photogrammetryDeriving measurements from photographs
geodesy · terrain · satellite · geospatial · hydrography · triangulation · imagery · overflight
patrol
Regular surveillance route
mission · surveillance · aerial · infiltration · radar · sonar · terrain · enemy · flank · sortie
binoculars
Handheld dual-lens magnifier
- trailPath through wilderness
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
tracker · footprints · hide · terrain · navigate · outpost · lookout · vantage · observation · concealment
topography
Physical feature mapping
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
photogrammetry · geodesy · terrain · satellite · geospatial · hydrography · triangulation · imagery · overflight · plotting
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
map · explorer · uncharted · voyage · prospect · chart · expeditionary · pathfinder · unmapped · frontier
analysis
Methodical study of parts
NSA · satellite · SIGINT · HUMINT · cryptanalysis · counterintelligence · agents · informant · dossier · classified
- Air Forceflying officer, squadron leader, wing commander, group captain, air marshal
- military termsarmy, navy, air force, marines, soldier
- exploratory missionsMars rover, Voyager, Arctic expedition, space probe, lunar mission
- exploratory venturesexpedition, voyage, safari, trek, quest
- security termsPIN, password, passwords, encryption, encrypted
- Air Force termssquadron, wing, group, flight, command
- reconnaissance missionMilitary information-gathering expedition
- reconnaissance planeAircraft for aerial surveillance
- military reconnaissanceArmed forces surveillance operations
- aerial reconnaissanceGathering intelligence from aircraft
- reconnaissance dronesUnmanned aerial surveillance vehicles
- reconnaissance flightAircraft surveillance operation
recognize, recognition, recognized, recognizing, recognizable, unrecognizable, reconnoiter, recognizably, misrecognized