the.com/military intelligence
the oxymoron that runs the world, unfortunately not ironically enough.
means the collection and analysis of information about enemies, terrain, and capabilities to guide strategic and tactical decisions.
from formalized as a discipline in the world wars, when armies realized guessing where the enemy was tended to lose battles; the joke about the phrase being an oxymoron predates both wars by decades, first traced to 19th-century wit.
failure tollpearl harbor and 9/11 both were intelligence breakdowns
budget secrecyus intel spending is classified, estimated over 90 billion
human vs signalshumint and sigint often contradict each other badly