2012-2017-DIA-Strategic-Plan

Goal 1: Prevent Strategic Surprise andSupport Contingency OperationsObjective 1.1: Provide Strategic WarningDevelop and implement an integrated defenseintelligence warning capability to prevent strategicsurprise, deter conflict, and identify opportunities.The ability to consistently provide accurate, precise,and timely defense intelligence is mastered byfielding a highly skilled, diverse, appropriatelyresourced, and integrated team of DIA Officers whoaggressively collect, process, exploit, and analyzeinformation using established and proven tradecraft.Leaders and subordinates must be empowered toadapt operations swiftly, avoiding practices thatneedlessly impede mission capabilities and degradethe relevance of Agency expertise. To accomplish itsOne Mission, DIA collection and analytical capabilitieswill be united under One Team to prevent strategicsurprise, deter conflict, identify opportunities, andrapidly respond to support multiple, concurrentmilitary contingency operations.Contingency Operations: A military operationthat is designated by the Secretary of Defense as anoperation in which members of the Armed Forces areor may become involved in military actions, operations,or hostilities against an enemy of the United States oragainst an opposing force.Effective warning relies on close collaboration amongcollectors, collection managers, analysts, planners, andpolicymakers, together focused on identifying potentialevents and conditions that may pose a threat to theUnited States and its vital interests. Considering themyriad challenges posed by the strategic environment,DIA will continue enhancing its ability to perform longtermstrategic analysis, including analysis of current andpotential adversaries’ scientific, technological, and weaponscapabilities, and improve the integration of all intelligencecapabilities to better anticipate, monitor, and conveywarning intelligence and policy-related opportunities. Toprovide strategic warning, DIA will:‣ Develop and implement an integrated intelligencewarning capability leveraging necessary collectionand forward-looking analytic methods and techniques,interagency capabilities, proximity to customers, andmission partnerships to ensure warning is conveyedaccurately and in a timely manner.‣ Advance all-source analysis through the physical and/or virtual integration of collectors and analysts withaccess to all collected information at the earliest pointof availability.‣ Enhance the operational environment in whichcollectors and analysts use structured andunstructured data, and apply advanced analytictechniques to foster critical thinking and improve thequality of defense intelligence.‣ Strengthen analysis of current and potentialadversaries’ scientific, technological, andweapons capabilities.6