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The Strategic Reconnaissance Command ( or ; ) is the central headquarter for
Strategic Reconnaissance Command ( KSA), in Gelsdorf
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911th 
912th Electronic Warfare Battalion, mans the Oste-class SIGINT/ELINT and 
931st Electronic Warfare Battalion
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932nd Electronic Warfare Battalion, provides airborne troops for operations in enemy territory
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Bundeswehr Strategic Reconnaissance School
*** Bundeswehr Operational Communications Center
*** Cyber-Operations Center
*** Electronic Warfare Analysis Center
*** Central Imaging Reconnaissance, operating the 
Central Bundeswehr Investigation Authority for Technical Reconnaissance
military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions. This aim is achieved by providing an assessment of data from ...
of German Bundeswehr
The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...
, based in Gelsdorf.
The KSA was founded in January 2002 as a central command of all military intelligence abilities of Bundeswehr. Before that military intelligence where separated in the military branches (Air Force, Army, Navy). The capabilities include "satellite-based imaging reconnaissance" ( SARLupe), "telecommunications and electronic reconnaissance", electronic warfare
Electronic warfare (EW) is any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy assaults. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponen ...
, area of "object analysis" and operative communication.
The command works closely with the Federal Intelligence Service
The Federal Intelligence Service (German: ; , BND) is the foreign intelligence agency of Germany, directly subordinate to the Chancellor's Office. The BND headquarters is located in central Berlin and is the world's largest intelligence headq ...
(BND). For military counterintelligence
Counterintelligence is an activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting activities to prevent espionage, sabotage, assassinations or o ...
the Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) is responsible. The KSA is also responsible for the joint development of military intelligence and training.
Since July 2017 the KSA is under the command of the new formed Cyber and Information Domain Service
The Cyber and Information Domain Service (german: Cyber- und Informationsraum, ; CIR) is the youngest branch of Germany's military, the Bundeswehr. The decision to form a new military branch was presented by Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen ...
(Kommando Cyber- und Informationsraum).
Organisation
** Strategic Reconnaissance Command ( KSA), in Gelsdorf
*** 911th Electronic Warfare
Electronic warfare (EW) is any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy assaults. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponen ...
Battalion
*** 912th Electronic Warfare Battalion, mans the Oste-class SIGINT/ELINT and reconnaissance
In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, terrain, and other activities.
Examples of reconnaissance include patrolling by troops ( skirmishe ...
ships
*** 931st Electronic Warfare Battalion
*** 932nd Electronic Warfare Battalion, provides airborne troops for operations in enemy territory
*** Bundeswehr Strategic Reconnaissance School
*** Bundeswehr Operational Communications Center
*** Cyber-Operations Center
*** Electronic Warfare Analysis Center
*** Central Imaging Reconnaissance, operating the SAR-Lupe
SAR-Lupe is Germany's first reconnaissance satellite system and is used for military purposes. SAR is an abbreviation for synthetic-aperture radar, and "Lupe" is German for magnifying glass. The SAR-Lupe program consists of five identical (770&n ...
satellites
*** Central Bundeswehr Investigation Authority for Technical Reconnaissance
References
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