The Adoption of Medical Intelligence, Operation's Purpose, Methods, and Challenges

MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE
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The adoption of medical intelligence demonstrates the commitment to military strategizing. Any form of intelligence’s essence is to guarantee low-risk operations. As a result, the collected information from the field can help an army force either evade potential threats or counter them conveniently. Medical intelligence is an essential additional feature of military evaluations. The data collected is primarily used to determine whether a particular operation is medically viable. Thus, the effectiveness of medical intelligence hinges on the collection activities.
Medical intelligence may be derived from the analysis of infectious diseases. World history states that contagious diseases always emerge from time to time. Consequently, medical intelligence must certainly involve the evaluation of these potentials. Clemente argues that the analysis does not merely forecast the occurrence of infectious diseases but also evaluates their ability to become a pandemic. A pandemic poses more significant threats, and thus, will require more critical decision-making and policymaking. The article further recommends the establishment of proper record keeping of the obtained data. A well-updated catalog will enable easy detection of new diseases. This process is essential because it determines whether an infection is naturally occurring or artificially induced.
Although the UN forbids bioweapons, wars are not orderly, and agreements can easily be overlooked. Efficient medical intelligence will facilitate effective preemption in such instances. The evaluations of infectious diseases occur at two levels. The risk of the illness is first determined, then its operational impact is subsequently deduced. While the former denotes the inherent threat of disease, the latter describes how the condition will affect the existing military plans. Lack of proper countermeasures to the perceived medical risks will result in delayed deployments and thus sustained military threat. This depiction reasserts the vitality of medical intelligence.
Essential data can be gathered through the evaluation of the area of operation. The procedure is aimed at determining environmental factors that may threaten military health. Environmental threats arise from poisoning elements such as air, water, and soil. Clemente also includes food contamination among the ecological risks. Indeed, the military will only conveniently operate when the officers have surplus food and water supply. Logistically, it will be more economical if the forces acquire food from their location. The unfortunate contamination event will balloon the budget to facilitate importations and enhance storage. However, this less favorable situation is only possible with efficient medical intelligence. Lack of intelligence could translate to the poisoning of the deployed officers.
On the other hand, the essential elements of the environment may be corrupted through unfriendly plants. Such plants may release “toxic chemicals or radioactive materials” that directly threaten human life if not contained. It is in the interest of military forces that such conditions do not claim the lives of their officers. The collection of the ...