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clandestine operation wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 analysis 2 see also 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents clandestine operation 12 languages العربية dansk فارسی français bahasa indonesia norsk nynorsk norsk bokmål polski slovenščina türkçe 中文 isizulu edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia coordinated actions undertaken by a group that are to be kept secret from the public this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources clandestine operation news newspapers books scholar jstor may 2008 learn how and when to remove this message a clandestine operation is an intelligence or military operation carried out in such a way that the operation goes unnoticed by the general population or specific enemy forces analysis edit until the 1970s clandestine operations were primarily political in nature generally aimed at assisting groups or nations favored by the sponsor examples include u s intelligence involvement with german and japanese war criminals after world war ii or the botched bay of pigs invasion in 1961 today these operations are numerous and include technology related clandestine operations the bulk of clandestine operations are related to the gathering of intelligence typically by both people clandestine human intelligence and by hidden sensors placement of underwater or land based communications cable taps cameras microphones traffic sensors monitors such as sniffers and similar systems require that the mission go undetected and unsuspected clandestine sensors may also be on unmanned underwater vehicles reconnaissance spy satellites such as misty low observability unmanned aerial vehicles uav or unmanned detectors as in operation igloo white and its successors or hand placed by clandestine human operations the united states department of defense dictionary of military and associated terms joint publication jp 1 02 dated 8 november 2010 amended through 15 february 2016 defines clandestine clandestine intelligence collection and clandestine operation as 1 clandestine any activity or operation sponsored or conducted by governmental departments or agencies with the intent to assure secrecy and concealment jp 2 01 2 clandestine intelligence collection the acquisition of protected intelligence information in a way designed to conceal the nature of the operation and protect the source jp 2 01 2 clandestine operation an operation sponsored or conducted by governmental departments or agencies in such a way as to assure secrecy or concealment see also covert operation overt operation jp 3 05 the dod dictionary of military and associated terms january 2021 defines clandestine and clandestine operation the same way 2 the terms clandestine and covert are not synonymous as noted in the definition which has been used by the united states and nato since world war ii in a covert operation the identity of the sponsor is concealed while in a clandestine operation the operation itself is concealed put differently clandestine means hidden where the aim is for the operation to not be noticed at all covert means deniable such that if the operation is noticed it is not attributed to a group the term stealth refers both to a broad set of tactics aimed at providing and preserving the element of surprise and reducing enemy resistance it can also be used to describe a set of technologies stealth technology to aid in those tactics while secrecy and stealthiness are often desired in clandestine and covert operations the terms secret and stealthy are not used to formally describe types of missions some operations may have both clandestine and covert aspects such as the use of concealed remote sensors or human observers to direct artillery attacks and airstrikes the attack is obviously overt coming under attack alerts the target that he has been located by the enemy but the targeting component the exact method that was used to locate targets can remain clandestine in world war ii targets found through cryptanalysis of radio communication were attacked only if there had been aerial reconnaissance in the area or in the case of the shootdown of admiral isoroku yamamoto where the sighting could be attributed to the coastwatchers during the vietnam war trucks attacked on the ho chi minh trail were completely unaware of some sensors such as the airborne black crow device that sensed their ignition they could also have been spotted by a clandestine human patrol harassing and interdiction h i or free fire zone rules can also cause a target to be hit for purely random reasons see also edit covert operation fifth column special activities center plausible deniability references edit jp 1 02 department of defencse dictionary of military and associated terms 8 november 2010 as amended through 15 february 2016 pdf 8 november 2010 33 archived pdf from the original on 11 july 2004 cite journal cite journal requires journal help dod dictionary of military and associated terms january 2021 pdf 34 35 archived from the original pdf on 2021 10 17 retrieved 2021 04 09 cite journal cite journal requires journal help external links edit media related to clandestine operations at wikimedia commons international society for intelligence research homepage clandestine operations the arms and techniques of the resistance 1941 1944 ic21 the intelligence community in the 21st century staff study permanent select committee on intelligence house of representatives one hundred fourth congress ix clandestine service executive summary retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title clandestine_operation oldid 1368400067 categories intelligence operations by type clandestine operations hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata articles needing additional references from may 2008 all articles needing additional references cs1 errors missing periodical commons category link is on wikidata this page was last edited on 8 august 2026 at 21 12 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to 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