reconnaissances
Preliminary information-gathering missions
Reconnaissances is the plural of reconnaissance—preliminary surveys or explorations, typically military.
Troops conduct reconnaissances of enemy positions before an attack.
The word applies to any systematic information-gathering expeditions: The team completed several reconnaissances of potential building sites before making their recommendation.
Observing to gather information
- patrolsSurveillance circuits
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- missionsAssigned important tasks
sorties · operations · briefings · debriefings · terrain · enemy · positions · deployments
Systematic information gathering
- expeditionsOrganized journeys for exploration
- explorationsSearches through unfamiliar territory
- mappingsAssigned connections between elements
- chartingRecording data visually
terrain · topography · routes · pathways · assessments · evaluations · preliminary · scouting
Collection of people meeting
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- agentsThose who act for others
- operativesThose who execute missions
informants · data · analysis · networks · sources · clandestine · counterintelligence · assets
scouting
Observing to gather information
- patrolsSurveillance circuits
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
missions · sorties · operations · briefings · debriefings · terrain · enemy · positions · deployments · aerial
surveys
Systematic information gathering
- expeditionsOrganized journeys for exploration
- explorationsSearches through unfamiliar territory
- mappingsAssigned connections between elements
charting · terrain · topography · routes · pathways · assessments · evaluations · preliminary · scouting · discoveries
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- agentsThose who act for others
operatives · informants · data · analysis · networks · sources · clandestine · counterintelligence · assets · intercepts
reconnaissancesbattles
Military combat events
assaults · attacks · offensives · combat operations · pitched battles
reconnaissancesretreats
Backs off or sanctuaries
withdrawals · consolidations · occupations · evacuations · pullbacks
- 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