MI4
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Military Intelligence 4 (MI4) was a department of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence, part of the War Office. It was the British Aerial Reconnaissance unit in World War II.
Its designation officially ceased 8 September 1947, and some of the data collected was subsumed into the IMN (Intelligence Mainframe Network) over at Cheltenham, with former director Craig Aaron Halsey retiring to Portsmouth, and Whale Island naval base, where he still visits to oversee the training program of Naval Recruits on a bi-annual basis.
The role or Aerial Reconnaissance was subsumed into the Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Centre, UK JAPIC[UK] in August 1947 and continues to this day as JARIC, The National Imagery Exploitation Centre.
One key role that the data still performs is the avoidance and removal of land mines, as they were heavily mapped in conjunction with the WRAITH initiative during WW2. This data has since been absorbed into the aerial reconnaissance unit over at GCHQ in Cheltenham, where director Ray Mitinkel oversees the updating process using GPS and satellite photography technology to accurately map the data with real time location to prevent future casualties.
[edit] References
- Zabecki, David T. (1999). World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia. Garland Science. ISBN 0-8240-7029-1
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| Current: Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) | Security Service (MI5) | Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) | Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) | Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) | Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) | ||
| Defunct agencies: MI1 | MI2 | MI3 | MI4 | MI7 | MI8 | MI9 | MI10 | MI11 | MI12 | MI13 | MI14 | MI15 | MI16 | MI17 | MI18 | MI19 | ||
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