Main Directorate of Military Intelligence (Pacifica)

Main Directorate of Military Intelligence

Главное Управление Военной Разведки Glavnoye Upravlyeniye Voyennoy Razvyedki
Agency overview
Formed	January 13, 1984 (1984-01-13)
Preceding agency	White Army Military Intelligence Service
Type	Military intelligence agency
Headquarters	278 Meteru Avenue, Pelograd
Employees	Classified
Annual budget	Classified
Minister responsible	Anton Radovoy, Minister of Defense
Agency executive	General Kliment Tsuguniko, Director of the GUVR
Parent department	General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Pelinai
Website	guvr.gov.pln

The Main Directorate of Military Intelligence (GUVR), formally the Main Military Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Pelinai, is the central military intelligence organization of the Pelinese Armed Forces. It directs the strategic-level military intelligence activities of the Pelinese military and oversees its other military intelligence entities, including both branch-level agencies and directly subordinated divisions.

The GUVR is placed under the general staff of the Pelinese Armed Forces, rather than a specific branch or the wider Pelinese Ministry of Defense. Administrative supervision is assigned to the chief of general staff, while operational command is exercised by the Director of the GUVR under the minister of defense. Its principal subordinate agencies include the military intelligence agencies of the Pelinese White Army, the Royal Pelinese Navy, the Royal Pelinese Air Force, and the Royal Pelinese Space Force, as well as the Royal Pelinese Homeland Guard when it is reassigned to the MoD; it also possesses multiple non-branch-associated entities such as the Spetsnaz-GUVR, the Intelligence Analysis Corps, and the Regional Activities Divisions.

As a military intelligence agency, the primary responsibilities of the GUVR include collection of strategic and operational intelligence on matters relating to foreign militaries, such as the assessment of foreign military capabilities, the monitoring and interception of communications, the identification and location of military targets, and other such tasks, as well as tactical-level operations such as electronic reconnaissance. The GUVR also operates a significant force of special forces, the Spetsnaz GUVR, which performs special reconnaissance and direct action operations in support of both peacetime foreign policy objectives and military operations.

Function

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 and is performed by the Spetsnaz-GUVR special forces. While comparable troops of the White Army Special Forces, RPN Morspetsy, RPAF Special Forces, and other special forces formations of the regular Pelinese Armed Forces are capable of performing covert operations, the Spetsnaz-GUVR are intended to successfully execute clandestine direct action and unconventional warfare missions such as targeted strikes and raids outside of a traditional conflict environment and in diplomatically denied areas such as neutral nations.

Targeted killings and assassinations

The GUVR possesses a dedicated unit for the execution of assassinations and targeted killings, unnamed in official statements but tentatively referred to as the Gālāndi division in the media. Along with similar units in the Directorate of Foreign Intelligence, it acts as the primary vehicle for the assassination of high-value targets outside of Pelinai.

Cyberwarfare

In contrast with the more prominent cyberwarfare commands of the Royal Pelinese Space Force, which typically perform offensive cyberwarfare operations, organic cyber units of the GUVR primarily execute espionage and data theft tasks.

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 and Keyli
• Third Subdirectorate: activities in Cordilia and Crabry

Bloc subdirectorates:

• Fourth Subdirectorate: activities in and against the Concordia Entente

Mission subdirectorates:

• Fifth Subdirectorate: military operational intelligence
• Sixth Subdirectorate: psychological and information warfare operations
• Seventh Subdirectorate: military technology
• Eighth Subdirectorate: SIGINT/ELINT/cyberwarfare operations
• Ninth Subdirectorate: IMINT and satellite operations
• Tenth Subdirectorate: strategic doctrine development and evaluation
• Eleventh Subdirectorate: direct actions (Spetsnaz-GUVR, Gālāndi teams)

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, as is their organizational structure, but their presence 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 may perform standard intelligence gathering activities.

Illegal agents

The names, locations, organizational arrangements, and other articles of information regarding illegal agents of the GUVR are classified and highly protected due to the risk of prosecution or execution for espionage or treason. The GUVR’s employment of illegal agents as spies and informants is credibly estimated to be high. Agents of this category may adopt a variety of different covers, and no fixed organizational pattern exists.

Special forces

Main article: Spetsnaz GUVR (Pacifica)

The arrangement and locations of Spetsnaz-GUVR teams are classified. The entire GUVR is estimated to possess between three and ten brigades of special forces personnel, which normally operate as part of their parent organization; however, during wartime scenarios, spetsnaz-GUVR brigades and detachments may be assigned to the command of operational military forces by GUVR leadership. Receiving commands in such instances are always strategic or operational-level formations such as field armies, fronts, and TVDs, and are expected to use them for the execution of normal wartime special forces missions in support of conventional military operations.
The most prominent GUVR Special Forces unit in current service is Vera Group, most operations by which are currently classified.