Analysis of Intelligence Support to the 1991 Persian Gulf War Enduring Lessons

Abstract

When examining intelligence support to military operations one cannot truly appreciate where the United States Army is today or sense where it must go in the future unless we fully understand and embrace the critical lessons of the past. The 1991 Gulf War presented a number of critical intelligence support lessons which are highly relevant to future U.S. Army operations. The intent of this paper is to analyze Gulf War intelligence collection and analysis efforts primarily at echelons division through theater in order to distill the enduring lessons learned. The paper is an unclassified executive level presentation of the rich timeless and meaningful intelligence lessons learned from the 1991 Gulf War.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 2004
Accession Number
ADA423282

Entities

People

  • John J. Bird

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Human Intelligence
  • Imagery Intelligence
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Military Intelligence
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Persian Gulf
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Signals Intelligence
  • Surveillance
  • Target Recognition
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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