[[Image:CaptMruk recce Soviet Aug1944 Rad-Kie.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mixed reconaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944]] Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. It is part of combat intelligence. Compare to counterintelligence. It is often referred to as recce (British & Commonwealth) or recon (USA). The associated verb is reconnoiter (reconnoitre in British English). Examples of reconnaissance include patrolling by troops, ships, submarines, or reconnaissance aircraft, or by setting up covert observation posts. Reconnaissance may also be carried out by satellites or unmanned aircraft. Reconnaissance seeks to collect a range of information about an enemy. This includes their locations, numbers, and intentions. A number of acronyms exist for the information to be gathered - mainly coined by the US - including ''salt'' (size, activity, location, and time), ''salute'' (size, activity, location, unit, time, and equipment), ''sam & doc'' (strength, armament, movement, deployment, organization, and communications). Thus reconnaissance is a fundamental tactic which helps to build an intelligence picture. ==Airborne photo reconnaissance== On 16 October 1912 a Bulgarian Albatros aircraft was used to perform Europe's first reconnaissance flight in combat conditions. During the First World War, photo reconnaissance was one of the early uses of the aeroplane. Before the Second World War the conventional wisdom was to use converted bomber types for airborne photo reconnaissance. These bombers retained their defensive armament, which was vital since they were unable to avoid interception. In 1939 Flying Officer Maurice Longbottom was among the first to suggest that airborne reconnaissance may be a task better suited to fast, small aircraft which would use their speed and high service ceiling to avoid detection and interception. Although this seems obvious now, with modern reconnaissance tasks performed by fast, high flying aircraft, at the time it was radical thinking. He proposed the use of Supermarine Spitfire with their armaments and radios removed and replaced with extra fuel and cameras. This led to the development of the Supermarine Spitfire variants#PR Mk. I Types - Early Reconnaissance Versions variants. Spitfires proved to be extremely successful in their reconnaissance role and there were many variants built specifically for that purpose. Immediately after World War II, long range aerial reconnaisance was taken up by adapted bombers - such as the English Electric Canberra, and its American development, the Martin B-57 - flying higher or faster than the enemy. The onset of the Cold War led the development of highly specialized and secretive strategic reconnaissance aircraft (or "spyplanes"), such as the Lockheed U-2 and its successor, the SR-71 Blackbird (both from the United States). Flying these aircraft became an exceptionally demanding task, as much because of the aircraft's extreme speed and altitude as it was because of the risk of being captured as spy. As a result, the crews of these aircraft were invariably specially selected and trained. ==Reconnaissance in force== Reconnaissance in force (RIF) is a tactic used specifically to probe an enemy's disposition. By mounting an offensive with considerable (but not decisive) force, the commander hopes to elicit a strong reaction by the enemy that reveals its own strength, deployment, and other tactical data. The RIF commander retains the option to fall back with the data or expand the conflict into a full engagement. The term "reconnaissance in force" is sometimes used ironically, as a means to disguise an intention of full engagement without specific instructions to do so. ==See also== * United States Marine Corps * U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Military tactics
There are pages on surveillance aircraft and spy satellite which should be linked to, and some of the material on this page should be shifted to the aircraft page. I don't have time atm. --User:Robert Merkel 09:29, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC) == Reconnaissance in force == Could someone knowledgeable add a blurb about the term "reconnaissance in force"? This term comes up a lot in military histories and fiction. I suspect it doesn't really need a separate article. Thanks. — User:Jeffq 14:10, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC) :Well, since no one rose to this challenge yet, I've added my own blurb, based on some quick scans of various dictionaries and military webpages, as well as my own impressions from reading historical and fictional works. If I have made any significant errors or misused any terminology, I ask that folks not bite my head off, but just make the corrections. Thanks. — User:Jeffq User talk:Jeffq 19:18, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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[[Image:CaptMruk recce Soviet Aug1944 Rad-Kie.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mixed reconaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944]] Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. It is part of combat intelligence. Compare to counterintelligence. It is often referred to as recce (British & Commonwealth) or recon (USA). The associated verb is reconnoiter (reconnoitre in British English). Examples of reconnaissance include patrolling by troops, ships, submarines, or reconnaissance aircraft, or by setting up covert observation posts. Reconnaissance may also be carried out by satellites or unmanned aircraft. Reconnaissance seeks to collect a range of information about an enemy. This includes their locations, numbers, and intentions. A number of acronyms exist for the information to be gathered - mainly coined by the US - including ''salt'' (size, activity, location, and time), ''salute'' (size, activity, location, unit, time, and equipment), ''sam & doc'' (strength, armament, movement, deployment, organization, and communications). Thus reconnaissance is a fundamental tactic which helps to build an intelligence picture. ==Airborne photo reconnaissance== On 16 October 1912 a Bulgarian Albatros aircraft was used to perform Europe's first reconnaissance flight in combat conditions. During the First World War, photo reconnaissance was one of the early uses of the aeroplane. Before the Second World War the conventional wisdom was to use converted bomber types for airborne photo reconnaissance. These bombers retained their defensive armament, which was vital since they were unable to avoid interception. In 1939 Flying Officer Maurice Longbottom was among the first to suggest that airborne reconnaissance may be a task better suited to fast, small aircraft which would use their speed and high service ceiling to avoid detection and interception. Although this seems obvious now, with modern reconnaissance tasks performed by fast, high flying aircraft, at the time it was radical thinking. He proposed the use of Supermarine Spitfire with their armaments and radios removed and replaced with extra fuel and cameras. This led to the development of the Supermarine Spitfire variants#PR Mk. I Types - Early Reconnaissance Versions variants. Spitfires proved to be extremely successful in their reconnaissance role and there were many variants built specifically for that purpose. Immediately after World War II, long range aerial reconnaisance was taken up by adapted bombers - such as the English Electric Canberra, and its American development, the Martin B-57 - flying higher or faster than the enemy. The onset of the Cold War led the development of highly specialized and secretive strategic reconnaissance aircraft (or "spyplanes"), such as the Lockheed U-2 and its successor, the SR-71 Blackbird (both from the United States). Flying these aircraft became an exceptionally demanding task, as much because of the aircraft's extreme speed and altitude as it was because of the risk of being captured as spy. As a result, the crews of these aircraft were invariably specially selected and trained. ==Reconnaissance in force== Reconnaissance in force (RIF) is a tactic used specifically to probe an enemy's disposition. By mounting an offensive with considerable (but not decisive) force, the commander hopes to elicit a strong reaction by the enemy that reveals its own strength, deployment, and other tactical data. The RIF commander retains the option to fall back with the data or expand the conflict into a full engagement. The term "reconnaissance in force" is sometimes used ironically, as a means to disguise an intention of full engagement without specific instructions to do so. ==See also== * United States Marine Corps * U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Military tactics
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There are pages on surveillance aircraft and spy satellite which should be linked to, and some of the material on this page should be shifted to the aircraft page. I don't have time atm. --User:Robert Merkel 09:29, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC) == Reconnaissance in force == Could someone knowledgeable add a blurb about the term "reconnaissance in force"? This term comes up a lot in military histories and fiction. I suspect it doesn't really need a separate article. Thanks. — User:Jeffq 14:10, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC) :Well, since no one rose to this challenge yet, I've added my own blurb, based on some quick scans of various dictionaries and military webpages, as well as my own impressions from reading historical and fictional works. If I have made any significant errors or misused any terminology, I ask that folks not bite my head off, but just make the corrections. Thanks. — User:Jeffq User talk:Jeffq 19:18, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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