text: Intelligence
  1-6. It is an art to describe intelligence production and dissemination and to ensure it is effectively
  integrated into unit planning, execution, and targeting, but it is not an exact science to execute intelligence
  as a function and create it as a product. There is always a degree of uncertainty when producing intelligence.
  Understanding intelligence as a product, with its strengths and limitations, includes understanding the
  categories of intelligence products, characteristics of effective intelligence, and the goal to adhere to the
  highest analytic standards.
  CATEGORIES OF INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS
  1-7. Intelligence products are generally placed in one of eight production categories, based primarily on the
  purpose of the produced intelligence. The categories of intelligence products can and do overlap; analysts
  can find and use some of the same intelligence and information in each of the categories (see JP 2-0):
  ⚫ Warning intelligence are those intelligence activities intended to detect and report time-sensitive
  intelligence information on foreign developments that forewarn of hostile actions or intention
  against United States entities, partners, or interests (JP 2-0). For Army purposes, warning
  intelligence includes the threat’s use of new or first-use of significant existing capabilities,
  tactics, or courses of action (COAs).
  ⚫ Current intelligence provides updated support for ongoing operations. It involves the integration
  of time-sensitive, all-source intelligence analysis and information reporting on the area of
  operations (AO). The term current is relative to the commander or decision maker’s time
  sensitivity and the context of the type of operation that is supported.
  ⚫ General military intelligence is intelligence concerning the military capabilities of foreign
  countries or organizations, or topics affecting potential United States or multinational military
  operations (JP 2-0).
  ⚫ Target intelligence is intelligence that portrays and locates the components of a target or target
  complex and indicates its vulnerability and relative importance (JP 3-60).
  ⚫ Scientific and technical intelligence is foundational all-source intelligence that covers: a. foreign
  developments in basic and applied research and applied engineering techniques and b. scientific
  and technical characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of all foreign military systems,
  weapons, weapon systems, and materiel; the research and development related thereto; and the
  production methods employed for their manufacture (JP 2-0).
  ⚫ Counterintelligence is information gathered and activities conducted to identify, deceive,
  exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or
  assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations or persons or their
  agents, or international terrorist organizations or activities (JP 2-0).
  ⚫ Estimative intelligence is intelligence that identifies and describes adversary capabilities and
  intentions, and forecasts the full range of alternative future situations in relative order of
  probability that may have implications for the development of national and military strategy, and
  planning and executing military operations (JP 2-0).
  ⚫ Identity intelligence is the intelligence resulting from the processing of identity attributes
  concerning individuals, groups, networks, or populations of interest (JP 2-0).
  Note. Intelligence related to the information dimension across all domains can be categorized by
  threat entity: intent, capability, access, resources, and expertise.
  CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
  1-8. The effectiveness of intelligence is measured against different criteria. A concise list of intelligence
  characteristics includes timely, relevant, accurate, and predictive. Within Army combined arms doctrine,
  intelligence is a subset of relevant information. In FM 6-0, the relevance of information is determined based
  on the following characteristics: accurate, timely, useable, complete, precise, and secure. Effective
  intelligence must meet all those characteristics.