MILITARY THOUGHT: INTELLIGENCE - TO THE LEVEL OF MODERN TASKS, BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL OF AVIATION P. DANKEVICH

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2012
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• Publication Date: February 26, 1962
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SUBJECT MILITARt' THOUGH'T' : "Iritelligzrce - t,o ti:~e .Level
of Modern Tasks", by Lieutenant-General of
Aviation P? Darkevich
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Intelligence - to the Level of Modern Tasksl
by
Marshal of the Soviet Union V. Chi~,~icov's article is
extremely timely and possesses great significance for a
further increase in the combat readiness of our troops.
The at~thor;'s suggesti~'ons, both organizational ans tf ,finical,
are directed at the farther improvement of the forges and
mer~;s of military intelligence, and they deserve thorough
study and rapid nrartical implementation.
The role of intelligence is understood by everyone;
it is one of the basic types of combat and operational
support of troops. However, the lag in the development of
the forces and means of intelligence, in contrast t.o the
ur.ir~terrupted improvement of combat weapons, gives rise to
apprehec,sion and anxiety.
The imperfection in the organizational structure of
the organs of mili~ary 2ntelligence, as well as the weakness
oi' their technical Pz~tr,?o.,}~ is correctly noted ir. the
article.
Let us briefly consider the problems of aerial r~conuais-
sa:;cf~ touched on in the article.
Under the conditions of the high maneuverability of
weapons of mass destruction and of troops in operational and
tactical depth,, and the dynamics of modern combat operations,
aerial reconnaissance is one of the basic types of intelligence.
It is capable of observing large areas and obtaining the
most reliable and documentarily supported intelligence data
on importan~ enema objectives in a short period of time.
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In connection wi.trn the increased scope of ta~k.~ whic'rl
a_re per:'orr~ed by aeria 1 reconnaissance , and the d:.is ~ ~==alts
of their fulf~.lmer..t, we coi:..:.der that Marsht~l of '~~-~
Soviet Ur~ic~cz t' . Ghuy~kov is sb;~olutel.y correct in s~o~.; 'Ming
that ~;u aix army (Y~} of a front have one regimen4 of
operational anct ane regiment oS tactical aeri~::t r~conr.aiss~-nce .
Furthermore , it it deg irable that two squadre-n~ in a~
operational reconn~:issance regiment comlaased o` ~:tas:c=-
squadrons be equipped for night photo-recor_n~.iss~:n~;e and
infrared pF-.otograph and in a r-egir~erst compc~~~:~. cif ?.~o
squadrons, Lhat one of the squadrons be so equip; e~.F. Units
of such an organization will be able to d~tec# zct#:-e reliably
all enemy operations; carried out during the hot~r~~ of
darkness .
For the in:r~ediate deterniiuation of the eoordl.nat~r~ a_'
mobile targets detecl:ed by aerial reconnaissance c~e~s,
the pvu system and direction-finding equipment mt~t he
wide l5? used. It is theref~sre desirable to ha.v?: 6 to S
aircraft equipped with. this system in the cor~po?~~t.iosp of an
OR,AP (separate reconnaissance aviation. regimersi:} a~l
operat~.o_~al recon?~,z ~ssancQ ?
For tP,e support of combat operations of the missiles
of a front, the c.t~iei of front artillery rsust hat?e aerial.
xeconnaissance means at hi, disp~ 1, fcr example ; an
artillery lire adjusting reconn