reconnaissance mission

Noun reconnaissance mission has 1 sense

• reconnaissance mission(n = noun.act) reconnaissance - the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission"
is a kind of intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation
has particulars: recce, recco, reccy, exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring, scouting, air reconnaissance, reconnaissance by fire, reconnaissance in force, shufti, electronic reconnaissance