Challenging Joint Military Intelligence

Abstract

Military intelligence was shaped over four decades by the Soviet threat, emerging weapons systems, and increasing defense budgets. A sea change began with the demise of the old Soviet empire, the crisis in the Persian Gulf, and growing involvement in United Nations peace operations and humanitarian efforts. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is adjusting to successor threats, including regional instability, low-intensity conflict, terrorism, counternarcotics operations, nuclear proliferation, and chemical and biological weapons -- all within a joint environment. DIA must adapt its collection. production, and dissemination cycle to a quickened operational pace with fewer resources. With technology now allowing intelligence to be treated as an integrated whole, the restructuring of DIA, and a focus on unified commands, the military intelligence community has gone back to basics while retaining the flexibility needed to underpin the support of joint warfighting into the next century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA528900

Entities

People

  • James R. Clapper Jr.

Organizations

  • Defense Intelligence Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Analysts
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Biological Weapons
  • Cold War
  • Combat Forces
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence (Information Gathering)
  • Intelligence Community
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Intelligence
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Economics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.