Analysis of Tactical Intelligence Experience in Southeast Asia
Abstract
This report assesses US tactical intelligence systems effectiveness in Southeast Asia during the period of US involvement in combat. Tactical intelligence needs are analyzed in relation to their satisfaction; different collection means are evaluated in terms of their usefulness in different operational situations; and the utilization of intelligence resources is assessed in the context of needs versus means available to meet specific operational requirements. Problems of Intelligence Organization and Management are analyzed and assessed in depth, and the total experience is compared and contrasted with known and/or projected conflict environmental factors in Central Europe and the Middle East. The analysis focuses on tactical echelons responsible for the prosecution of the war on the ground and in the air. Three types of operations are studied in-depth and are treated in separate appendices: viz, Main Force operations in War Zone C; Pacification operations in the Upper Delta; and Air Interdiction Operations in the Laotian panhandle. A fourth appendix surveys the principal SENSOR and HUMINT collection systems employed in Southeast Asia. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADC005059
Entities
People
- Aristotelis D. Stathacopoulos
- John R. Johnson
- Paul C. Nagle
- Richard P. Joyce
- Roswell B. Wing