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“Humne maana ki taghaful na karoge lekin, khaq ho jaayenge hum tumko khabar hone tak” (No doubt that you will respond without least delay [to my woes], but by the time you hear them, I would be no more). This couplet by the legendary poet Ghalib sums up the perils of information delays. The same would be true about intelligence in the military domain. Intelligence, in any form – information intelligence, image intelligence, signal intelligence, or electronic intelligence – is composed of three distinct components: gathering, processing, and dissemination. Enough gathering, quick processing, and timely dissemination to the appropriate location....
