reconnaissance : Idioms & Phrases
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air force intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance
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noun an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority; operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms
Air Force ISR; AFISR.
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air reconnaissance
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noun reconnaissance either by visual observation from the air or through the use of airborne sensors
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electronic reconnaissance
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noun the detection and identification and evaluation and location of foreign electromagnetic radiations (other than radioactive)
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national reconnaissance office
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noun an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations
NRO.
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reconnaissance by fire
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noun 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
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reconnaissance in force
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noun an offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy's strength (or to obtain other information)
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reconnaissance mission
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noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
reconnaissance.
- an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission
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reconnaissance plane
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noun a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy
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reconnaissance vehicle
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noun fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top
scout car.
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Reconnoissance in force
(Mil.) , a demonstration or attack by a large force of troops for the purpose of discovering the position and strength of an enemy.
