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want better unbiased information on the war? go here and here what is the GRU? The Main Intelligence Directorate (Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye, or GRU) is the all-seeing eye of the Russian military. Everybody in the West knows about the KGB but the GRU has always been Russia’s primary and most capable intelligence agency with thousands of agents all over the world. This massive intelligence organization among other means of gathering intelligence is involved in all types of electronic reconnaissance operations, including communication intelligence (COMINT), electromagnetic intelligence (ELINT), radar intelligence (RADINT), television intelligence (TELINT) and infrared sets reconnaissance. The GRU has full command of all intelligence-gathering assets of the Russian Armed Forces, including spy satellites, reconnaissance aircraft, ships, submarines and other equipment. The GRU is subordinated only to the Defense Minister and to the Chief of General Staff and is not directly reporting to the political leadership of Russia. The current intelligence reporting structure denies Russian civilian leadership direct access to the intelligence produced by the GRU. For example, even Russia’s top civilian government members can get access to GRU reports only through the Defense Minister or the Chief of General Staff. The exact structure of the GRU is a state secret but it is known that the GRU consists of twelve primary directorates (departments) and nine auxiliary departments. The primary directorates are: the First directorate handling all intelligence gathering operations in Europe; the Second directorate is responsible for the regions of North and South Americas, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand; the Third directorate is covering Asia; all military intelligence gathering operations in Africa are handled by the Fourth Dire |
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handled by the Fourth Directorate; the Fifth directorate handles tactical reconnaissance; the Sixth directorate is responsible for all radio electronic reconnaissance and shares satellite reconnaissance responsibilities with the auxiliary satellite reconnaissance department; The Seventh directorate is tasked with gathering intelligence on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; the Eighth directorate concentrates on gathering intelligence on countries of particular interest at any given time; the Ninth directorate collects intelligence information on military technologies; the Tenth directorate deals with issues of military finances; the Eleventh directorate handles all matters relevant to military doctrines and weapon types of foreign armies; the Twelfth directorate is a counterintelligence force. The GRU possesses the larges and the most elite group of special operations forces consisting of 24 assault units numbering up to 25,000 troops. This force forms the core of the Russian Army. To serve in the GRU special force units an applicant must have already served at least five years with other special forces and have a rank of Captain. The number of agents operated by the GRU during the Soviet era was six times the number of agents operated by the KGB. |
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