Main Directorate of Military Intelligence (Pacifica)
| Главное Управление Военной Разведки Glavnoye Upravlyeniye Voyennoy Razvyedki | |
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| Formed | January 13, 1984 |
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| Type | Military intelligence agency |
| Headquarters | 278 Meteru Avenue, Pelograd |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
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| Parent department | General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Pelinai |
| Website | guvr.pln |
The Main Directorate of Military Intelligence (GUVR), sometimes referred to by its official name of the Main Military Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Pelinai, is the foreign military intelligence directorate of the Pelinese Armed Forces. It is Pelinai’s highest military intelligence organization and is responsible for both performing military intelligence functions on behalf of the General Staff and coordinating activities and knowledge-sharing between branch-level military intelligence entities.
The GUVR, rather than being a traditional branch of the Pelinese Armed Forces or a separate agency under the Ministry of Defense altogether, is a direct subordinate entity of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Pelinai. Its highest officer is the Director of the GUVR, who works under the authority of the Chief of General Staff and by extension the Pelinese Minister of Defense. In addition to operating independently, GUVR personnel and other assets may be attached to military intelligence and other components of the regular Pelinese Armed Forces; command of GUVR Special Forces units in particular may be assigned to active Theaters of Military Operations (TVDs) as wartime operational goals dictate.
GUVR operatives are believed to be numerous, and the directorate as whole is a significant component of Pelinai’s foreign intelligence capabilities. Unlike the Directorate of Foreign Intelligence (UVR), which specializes in political and industrial espionage, the GUVR is more known for sabotage, clandestine raids, and psychological warfare operations. Allegations regarding the execution of assassinations and other targeted killing operations by GUVR agents have also been made in the past, but remain unconfirmed.
History
Function
Military intelligence
Covert operations
The execution of clandestine raids, sabotage missions, capture or rescue of high-value persons in foreign or otherwise denied territory, and other covert military operations is a core function of the GUVR.
Targeted killings and assassinations
The GUVR has repeatedly been accused of engaging in illegal assassinations of high-value targets abroad, but this has never been conclusively proven. Instances of “targeted killing” operations against select terrorists and terrorist leaders, including ones executed abroad, have been partially disclosed by the Pelinese Ministry of defense.
Psychological warfare
Cyberwarfare
Organizational structure
The organizational structure of the Main Directorate of Military Intelligence is classified in nearly its entirety, but preliminary estimates have been constructed using various sources such as the structure of the preceding White Army MIS and SMERKOM, sparse declassified and partially redacted documents, and unclassified intelligence reports from other nations.
Subdirectorates
The following is an estimation of the internal structure of the GUVR, which remains classified:
Regional subdirectorates:
- First Subdirectorate: activities in Bailtem
- Second Subdirectorate: activities in Bareland
- Third Subdirectorate: activities in Keyli
- Fifth Subdirectorate: activities in Cordilia and Crabry
Bloc subdirectorates:
- Sixth Subdirectorate: activities in and against the Concordia Entente
- Seventh Subdirectorate: activities in and against UKED, Spiras, and the Starhawk Pact
- Eighth Subdirectorate: activities in and against the League of Cordilia
Mission subdirectorates:
- Ninth Subdirectorate: military operational intelligence
- Tenth Subdirectorate: psychological and information warfare operations
- Eleventh Subdirectorate: military technology
- Twelfth Subdirectorate: SIGINT/ELINT/cyberwarfare operations
- Thirteenth Subdirectorate: IMINT and satellite operations
- Fifteenth Subdirectorate: strategic doctrine development and evaluation
- Sixteenth Subdirectorate: GVRU Special Forces
Other departments:
- Public relations department
- Support and technical department
Legal agents
Details regarding the usage by the GUVR of legal espionage agents operating under diplomatic cover is classified as a state secret, but is estimated to be extensive. Intelligence officers in this category are likely present under the cover of being diplomatic personnel at Pelinese embassies, from which they perform standard intelligence gathering activities.
Illegal agents
Special forces
The GUVR is estimated to possess between three and ten brigades of special forces personnel, which are used to perform special reconnaissance, sabotage, partisan training, and other missions of the direct action and unconventional warfare spheres. Unlike most troops of the PWA Special Forces, RPN Morspetsy, RPAF Special Forces, and other special forces formations of the regular Pelinese Armed Forces, a core part of the GUVR Special Forces’ mission is the covert execution of limited-scope military actions such as targeted strikes and raids outside of a traditional conflict environment. In addition to this, GUVR Special Forces units may also perform standard wartime special forces missions when appropriate.