Military intelligence
Military intelligence is intelligence on any foreign military or military-related situation or activity that is significant to military policymaking or the planning and conduct of military operations and activities [Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, p.276].
Intelligence is conducted at two levels, strategic and tactical. Strategic intelligence is the information needed to formulate policy and military plans at the international and national levels. Tactical intelligence is intended primarily to respond to the needs of military field commanders so they can plan for and, if necessary, conduct combat operations. Essentially, tactical and strategic intelligence differ only in scope, point of view, and level of employment.
Today, nations have information collection and processing systems that permit gathering and producing intelligence more rapidly and accurately than ever. Satellites, ultramodern aircraft, electronic systems, human sources, cameras, imaging and electronic devices, and a host of other systems permit the amassing of information on a scale unheard of in the past [Online Encyclopedia Britannica].
Joint Chiefs of Staff Washington United States. (2001). Military intelligence. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. United States: Joint chiefs of staff Washington dc. Retrieved from: https://www.academia.edu/4492332/Dictiona
Armed force. Online Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved from: https://www.britannica.com/topic/intelligence-military