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|agency_name = Defence Intelligence Agency | |agency_name = Defence Intelligence Agency | ||
|type = [[Intelligence agency|Agency]] | |||
|type = [[Intelligence | |||
|motto = Service Before Self | |motto = Service Before Self | ||
|logo = Defence_Intelligence_Agency_(India)_Logo.png | |logo = Defence_Intelligence_Agency_(India)_Logo.png | ||
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The '''Defence Intelligence Agency''' ('''D.I.A''') is an [[ | The '''Defence Intelligence Agency''' ('''D.I.A''') is an [[intelligence agency]] responsible for providing and coordinating defence and [[military intelligence]] to the [[Indian Armed Forces]].<ref name="MOD">{{cite web|title=Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India|url=http://mod.nic.in/aboutus/body.htm|publisher=National Informatics Centre|access-date=2009-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713064303/http://mod.nic.in/aboutus/body.htm|archive-date=2009-07-13|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="FAS">{{cite web|title=Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA)|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/india/dia.htm|publisher=Global Security.org|access-date=2009-07-14}}</ref> | ||
and coordinating defence | |||
It was created in March 2002 and is administered within the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref name="FAS"/> | It was created in March 2002 and is administered within the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref name="FAS"/> | ||
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===Nodal agency=== | ===Nodal agency=== | ||
DIA is the nodal agency for all defence related intelligence, thus distinguishing it from the other Indian intelligence internal and external agencies. DIA controls the [[Indian | DIA is the nodal agency for all defence related intelligence, thus distinguishing it from the other Indian intelligence internal and external agencies. DIA controls the [[Indian Armed Forces]]' technical intelligence assets – the Directorate of Signals Intelligence, a tri-service agency, and the Defence Image Processing and Analysis Centre (DIPAC). While the Signals Directorate is responsible for acquiring and decrypting enemy communications, the DIPAC controls India's satellite-based image acquisition capabilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/11/09/tech-a-risk.html|title=Tech, a risk|last=Sagar|first=Pradip R|date=9 November 2019|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref> | ||
The DIA also coordinates the Defence Information Warfare Agency (DIWA) which handles all elements of the information warfare repertoire, including psychological operations, cyber-war, electronic intercepts and the monitoring of sound waves.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://idsa.in/jds/2_2_2008_IntegratingtheIndianMilitary_VAnand|title=Integrating the Indian Military:Retrospect and Prospect {{!}} Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses|last=Anand|first=Vinod|date=2008|website=idsa.in|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref> Its operations are highly classified and has several successes to its credit which will remain a secret.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} | The DIA also coordinates the Defence Information Warfare Agency (DIWA) which handles all elements of the information warfare repertoire, including psychological operations, cyber-war, electronic intercepts and the monitoring of sound waves.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://idsa.in/jds/2_2_2008_IntegratingtheIndianMilitary_VAnand|title=Integrating the Indian Military:Retrospect and Prospect {{!}} Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses|last=Anand|first=Vinod|date=2008|website=idsa.in|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref> Its operations are highly classified and has several successes to its credit which will remain a secret.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} | ||