reconnaissance mission
Noun
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The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy) (synset 100986695)
"an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission"is a type of: intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation - the operation of gathering information about an enemysubtypes:
- recce, recco, reccy - reconnaissance (by shortening)
- exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring, scouting - exploring in order to gain information
- air reconnaissance - reconnaissance either by visual observation from the air or through the use of airborne sensors
- reconnaissance by fire - a method of reconnaissance in which fire is placed on a suspected enemy position in order to cause the enemy to disclose his presence by moving or returning fire
- reconnaissance in force - an offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy's strength (or to obtain other information)
- shufti - a quick look around (originally military slang)
- electronic reconnaissance - the detection and identification and evaluation and location of foreign electromagnetic radiations (other than radioactive)
same as: reconnaissance
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