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  • Disposition of tanks and medium- and long-range antitank systems.
  • Deployment of air defense weapons.
  • Location of brigade and battalion command posts.
  • Nature and extent of natural and manmade obstacles.
  • Locations of field defenses.
  STRATEGIC ASSETS
  6-22. Strategic reconnaissance acquires and analyzes information about the
  military-political situation in individual countries and coalitions of probable
  or actual enemy nations; their armed forces; and their military, industrial,
  and economic potential. Strategic reconnaissance provides the information
  required by the highest military-political leadership. Needed information
  concerning a potential enemy includes the following:
  • Intentions and capabilities.
  • Preparation and disposition of forces in various theaters.
  • NBC capability.
  • Diplomatic initiatives.
  • Strength and weaknesses of alliances and coalitions.
  SPECIAL-PURPOSE FORCES
  6-23. The General Staff normally reserves some units of the SPF Command
  under its own control for reconnaissance missions supporting national-level
  intelligence requirements. It may control these units either through the SPF
  Command or by placing them directly under the control of its own Intelligence
  Directorate. SPF units of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Internal Security Forces
  could temporarily come under the control of the SPF Command or the General
  Staff when they become part of joint SPF operations in support of national-level
  requirements. If the General Staff creates a theater headquarters, it may dedi-
  cate one or more SPF units to it. Even SPF units allocated to an operational-
  strategic command (OSC) may conduct strategic missions, if required.
  6-24. The SPF represent an important element in the total integrated recon-
  naissance network planners try to achieve. These elite troops are a major
  source of human intelligence (HUMINT). They provide reconnaissance and
  combat capabilities for strategic and operational employment. They gather in-
  formation to satisfy strategic and operational requirements at extended dis-
  tances (sometimes more than 100 km) or close to tactical reconnaissance, in
  nonlinear situations. For more information on SPF, see Chapter 13.
  SIGNALS RECONNAISSANCE UNITS
  6-25. Signals reconnaissance is an integral part of information warfare (IW).
  The overall scope of signals reconnaissance includes the interception, analy-
  sis, and exploitation of electromagnetic (radio and radar) emissions, coupled
  with measures to disrupt or destroy the enemy’s radio and radar assets. Sig-
  nals reconnaissance assets are found in two types of organizations. The ma-
  jority are organic to signals reconnaissance units at all echelons and provide
  significant support to the chief of reconnaissance. Additional assets are or-
  ganic to jamming units, where they provide targeting support.