Operationalizing Intelligence in Irregular Warfare

Abstract

The early phases of fighting GWOT required a counterterrorism strategy that relied predominantly on direct action, but this is not sufficient to win GWOT. Winning GWOT requires a counterinsurgency strategy, requiring a preponderance of effort on indirect action. These different strategies have very different intelligence requirements especially at the tactical level of war. This paper aims to identify these different requirements and recommend initiatives to further operationalize intelligence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1019324

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey M. Menard

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Department Of Defense
  • Full Motion Video
  • Governments
  • Human Intelligence
  • Information Operations
  • Intelligence Products
  • Signals Intelligence
  • Situational Awareness
  • Surveillance
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design