Special reconnaissance organizations
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- This article is a subset article under Special Reconnaissance(SR), which addresses operational techniques. For a complete hierarchical list of articles that may use SR to provide human source intelligence HUMINT, see the intelligence cycle management hierarchy.
The following list of organizations possess the capability to conduct Special Reconnaissance (SR) and other special operations roles, with SR often by specialists within them. Certain organizations are tasked for response involving areas contaminated by chemicals, biological agents, or radioactivity.
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[edit] Current
[edit] Australia
[edit] Algeria
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- Groupe d'Intervention Spécial (GIS)
[edit] Bulgaria
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- 68th Special Operations Brigade with Special Operations Battalion
[edit] Canada
Canadian units are known for exceptional sniper and visual surveillance
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- Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2), the Canadian Forces’ special operations and counterterrorism unit
- 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron
- Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Company
- Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR)
[edit] China
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- Guangzhou Military Region Special Forces Unit - Established in 1988 as the PLA’s first special reconnaissance group, and was later expanded in 2000 to become the first PLA special operations unit to be capable of air-, sea-, and land-operations.
- Chengdu Military Region Special Forces Unit – Nickname “Falcon”. Established in 1992, this unit is specialised in target locating and indicating, airborne insertion, sabotage and offensive strike, and emergency evacuation. The unit was also used by Chengdu MR to experiment various new concept equipments and tactics, including the digitised army soldier system and high-mobility land weapon platforms.
- Beijing Military Region Special Forces Unit - Established in the early 1990s, this unit is equipped with various “high-tech” equipment including unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicle (UARV), individual explosion device, handheld laser dazzling weapon, etc.
- Shenyang Military Region Special Forces Unit
- Nanjing Military Region Special Forces Unit - Nickname “Flying Dragon”
- Nanjing Military Region Special Forces Unit - Nickname “Eagle”
- Lanzhou Military Region Special Forces Unit
[edit] Czech Republic
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- 7th Reconnaissance Battalion
- SOG (Special Operations Group)
- 601st Special Forces Group
[edit] Israel
[edit] Russia
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- Spetsnaz
- Razvedchiki (reconnaissance scouts)
- Vysotniki (special operations teams)
[edit] Sri Lanka
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] United States
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- United States Army Special Forces
- 75th Ranger Regiment
- 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
- 4th Psychological Operations Group (4th PSYOP)
- 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (95th CA Bde)
- Sustainment Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne) (Provisional) (SB {SO} {A}) (old 528th SOSB)
- Joint Special Operations Command names of organizations change and may be secret
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- Delta Force, also 1st Special Operations Detachment (Delta) (Airborne)
- Naval Special Warfare Development Group
- Detachment, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
- 24th Special Tactics Squadron
- Intelligence Support Activity, clandestine unit with classified name, originally but code name changed every 6 months and formal name changed every 2 years
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- Air Force Special Operations Command Principally SR delivery and support aircraft, but has ground SR capability usually attached to other units, and contains Combat Controllers and Special Operations Weather Technicians, Pararescuemen, as well as officers trained to lead these units
- United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command to transition to USSOCOM by 2010
- Marine Special Operations Advisor Group (MSOAG)
- Marine Special Operations Battalions (MSOBs)
- United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance to transition to USSOCOM by 2010
- United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions
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[edit] Historical
[edit] Nazi Germany
[edit] United Kingdom
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- Special Operations Executive more a direct action organization, but conducted some reconnaissance. Espionage was under the continuing Secret Intelligence Service
