{"id":32816,"date":"2022-11-29T18:25:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/29\/defense-intelligence-agency-forms-china-mission-group-to-track-rival\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:43:13","slug":"defense-intelligence-agency-forms-china-mission-group-to-track-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/2022\/11\/29\/defense-intelligence-agency-forms-china-mission-group-to-track-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Intelligence Agency forms \u2018China mission group\u2019 to track rival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Defense Intelligence Agency is pulling together a group of analysts and experts to monitor competition with China, a world power Pentagon officials consider the leading threat to U.S. national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Kirchhofer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dia.mil\/News-Features\/Photo-Gallery\/igphoto\/2002842564\/\" target=\"_blank\">the DIA\u2019s chief of staff<\/a>, on Nov. 29 said his agency, which produces, analyzes and disseminates military intelligence, established a \u201cChina mission group\u201d that will reach full operational capacity early next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s as simple as this: We created a box and we called it China,\u201d he said during a livestreamed Intelligence and National Security Alliance event. \u201cIf you are in DIA and you are working China, you\u2019re in that box.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whereas the CIA is focused on providing intelligence of all kinds to the president, the DIA is the principal source of foreign intel for combat endeavors. The new mission group will become the agency\u2019s repository for China knowledge and knowhow, meaning insiders including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/05\/10\/afghan-based-terror-groups-still-a-year-away-from-ability-to-strike-us-intel-leaders-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">Director Lt. Gen. 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The annual China Military Power Report sent to Congress this week notes that China is the only country with the will and military capacity to eventually challenge what it called the U.S.-led \u201cworld order,\u201d Defense News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While much of the intelligence community \u201chas been heavily focused in Europe, and that goes back decades,\u201d Kirchhofer said, \u201cthat\u2019s not necessarily where this long-term threat is coming from, even with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/06\/16\/how-war-in-ukraine-is-informing-future-us-air-force-networks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia being as belligerent<\/a> as they are today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DIA plans to move more resources \u2014 including people, communications and information technology \u2014 to the Pacific. Talks to extend the military intelligence agency\u2019s footprint are already underway with friendly nations. The Army, Navy and Air Force are taking a similar tack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shift will help \u201cwith resiliency in the event of a crisis and some needed redundancy in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/03\/09\/how-jadc2-is-improving-nuclear-command-and-control\/\" target=\"_blank\">the event of worst-case scenarios<\/a>,\u201d according Kirchhofer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s very exciting, and I think that is putting our money where our mouth is,\u201d he said. \u201cIt really shows our long-term commitment to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the potential fight against China.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It really shows our long-term commitment to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the potential fight against China,&#8221; said the chief of 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