Heeresnachrichtenamt
Encyclopedia
Heeresnachrichtenamt is an intelligence agency
of the Austrian Armed Forces
. Heeresnachrichtenamt researches information on military operations and projects abroad and conducts data analysis of gathered intelligence
. The service maintains branch offices in Linz
, Graz
and Klagenfurt
.
Intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...
of the Austrian Armed Forces
Military of Austria
The Österreichisches Bundesheer , is the name for the military of the Republic of Austria....
. Heeresnachrichtenamt researches information on military operations and projects abroad and conducts data analysis of gathered intelligence
Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
. The service maintains branch offices in Linz
Linz
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
, Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
and Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt
-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
.