نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
جغرافیا
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
Military intelligence has always been an important and fundamental factor in battle management and rational conduct of war from the past to the present, and will play a unique role as forming the first step in any offensive or defensive battle. The significant role of data, information and knowledge is not unknown for anyone. Superiority in the field of information leads to superiority in other aspects, including decision-making and action. Moreover, the role of geographical sciences in general cannot be ignored in the cycle and process of military information. This role is so important that the consideration of geographical components in any military information plan and its use and application in military operations can be quite effective in advancing the predetermined goals. This research a qualitative research which follows descriptive method and analytical approach to answer the following question: “What is the role of geographical sciences in military intelligence?” Moreover, data collection for this research is implemented by documentary method. Finally, the group of geographical sciences in three areas of human geography, natural geography and interdisciplinary geography were assessed and the unique role of the geographical sciences in the cycle and process of military intelligence was explained. The results indicated that any military intelligence plan would be doomed to failure without considering geographical components.
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