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Black reconnaissance or BRCON is a term describing military deep penetration reconnaissance of a completely covert nature.〔Black Reconnaissance: Trust in the era of Distrust. Jacob L. Phillips. Diamond Press, 2001.〕 It is distinct from normal forms of covert recon in that discovery of the action would be so disruptive to relations between two countries that the instigators would be disavowed if caught. ==Black reconnaissance and other forms of covert and espionage action== Black reconnaissance is different from more common terms such as covert ops and other military forms of recon in that covert operations are kept secret to protect the lives of the team conducting the mission. Black recon is kept secret because discovery would lead to political ramifications, and the lives of those conducting the reconnaissance are secondary. In the case that a black recon effort is discovered, the government denies any involvement.〔They Could Not Trust the King: Nixon, Watergate, and the American People. Stanley Tretick, William Vincent Shannon. Collier Books, 1974〕 For air-related black recon the usual explanation given is equipment failure and drifting off course, while ground based black recon is usually explained away as someone violating orders.〔Honing the Keys to the City: Refining the United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Force for Urban Ground Combat Operations By Russell W. Glenn, Jamison Jo Medby, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), Scott Gerwehr, Fred Gellert, Andrew O'Donnell.RAND Corporation, 2003. ISBN 0-8330-3311-5, ISBN 978-0-8330-3311-6〕 Black reconnaissance is also not a form of espionage, per se. The primary objective of black reconnaissance is to perform a military task, not to engage in any form of non-military intelligence gathering. The fact that such elements are incorporated into the reconnaissance mission is because most times, this will be the only reconnaissance allowed before a military action is taken.〔Seapower and Space: From the Dawn of the Missile Age to Net-centric Warfare.Norman Friedman, United States Naval Institute Press. Naval Institute Press, 2000. ISBN 1-55750-897-6, ISBN 978-1-55750-897-3〕 During WW 2, black reconnaissance took on a slightly different meaning, where it indicated a form of recon for a surprise attack that if discovered, meant the attack would have to be redesigned or even abandoned. Many elements incorporated into modern black reconnaissance efforts were pioneered by WW II fighters and ground recon crews.〔The Best of Luck: In the Royal Air Force 1935-1946. Dennis Conroy. Trafford Publishing, 2003.ISBN 1412009103, ISBN 978-1-4120-0910-2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black reconnaissance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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