In the last chapter, we briefly went over the concepts of maneuver warfare and how intelligence drives the operations to accomplish the mission. In order to have an intelligence capability, a process needs to be developed to take raw information and produce a product that can be used for decision-making and action. The intelligence cycle is a six-step process that has been used by many government intelligence agencies as well as the military.
Introduction to the intelligence cycle
The intelligence cycle steps
The intelligence cycle consists of six steps:
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The steps of the intelligence cycle is explained in detail in the following sections.