reconnaissance mission

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• reconnaissance mission — noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy) an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission • Syn: ↑reconnaissance • Derivationally related forms: ↑reconnoitre (for: ↑reconnaissance),… …   Useful english dictionary

• Reconnaissance — This article is about military reconnaissance. For other uses of reconnaissance, see Reconnaissance (disambiguation). For monitoring activity over a period, see surveillance. For civilian usages, such as civil and geodetic engineering, see land… …   Wikipedia

• mission — Synonyms and related words: accredit, action, activity, adventure, agency, agentship, aim, air cover, air raid, air support, allegiance, amphibious operations, art, assign, assigned task, assignment, authority, authorization, authorize, basilica …   Moby Thesaurus

• reconnaissance — Synonyms and related words: air cover, air raid, air support, bombing, cover, dry run, examination, exploration, inspection, investigation, milk run, mission, recce, recco, recon, reconnaissance mission, reconnoiter, reconnoitering, scouting,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• reconnaissance in force — noun an offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy s strength (or to obtain other information) • Hypernyms: ↑reconnaissance, ↑reconnaissance mission * * * : an attack by a large force for the purpose of discovering the position… …   Useful english dictionary

• reconnaissance — re|con|nais|sance [rıˈkɔnısəns US rıˈka: ] n [U and C] [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: reconnaître, from Latin recognoscere; RECOGNIZE] the military activity of sending soldiers and aircraft to find out about the enemy s forces ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• reconnaissance — [[t]rɪkɒ̱nɪsəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N n Reconnaissance is the activity of obtaining military information about a place by sending soldiers or planes there, or by the use of satellites. The helicopter was returning from a reconnaissance mission …   English dictionary

• reconnaissance by fire — 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 • Hypernyms: ↑reconnaissance, ↑reconnaissance mission …   Useful english dictionary

• reconnaissance exploitation report — A standard message format used to report the results of a tactical air reconnaissance mission. Whenever possible the report should include the interpretation of sensor imagery. Also called RECCEXREP …   Military dictionary

• reconnaissance — noun (C, U) the military activity of sending soldiers and aircraft to find out about the enemy s forces: a reconnaissance mission …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• mission — [ misjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe; mession XIIe; lat. missio « action d envoyer », de mittere « envoyer » 1 ♦ Charge donnée à qqn d aller accomplir qqch., de faire qqch. ⇒ charge, commission, délégation, députation, vx légation, mandat. Donner, confier une …   Encyclopédie Universelle