Editing Research and Analysis Wing (section)

==Functions and methods==
{{Campaignbox|title=[[Intelligence (information gathering)|Methods of Intelligence collection]] |battles=[[SIGINT|Signals Intelligence]] – [[HUMINT|Human Intelligence]] – [[IMINT|Imagery Intelligence]]– [[ELINT|Electronic Intelligence]] – [[MASINT|Measurement & Signature Intelligence]] – [[OSINT|Open Source Intelligence]] – [[COMINT#COMINT|Communications Intelligence]] – [[FISINT|Foreign instrumentation signals intel]] – [[GEOINT|Geospatial Intel]] – [[FININT|Financial Intelligence]] – [[TECHINT|Technical Intelligence]] – [[TELINT|Telemetry Intelligence]] – [[ACINT|Acoustic Intelligence]] – [[IRINT|Infrared Intelligence]] – [[RINT|Radiation Intelligence]]}}

The primary mission of R&AW includes intelligence collection via [[HUMINT]], [[psychological warfare]], [[subversion (politics)|subversion]], [[sabotage]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1868769/report-why-does-india-dither-on-bringing-dawood-to-justice|title=Why does India dither on bringing Dawood to justice?|last=Balakrishnan|first=S|date=2 August 2013|work=DNA|access-date=19 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824045926/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1868769/report-why-does-india-dither-on-bringing-dawood-to-justice|archive-date=24 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> R&AW maintains active liaison with other agencies and services in various countries. Those agencies include [[Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)|SVR]] of Russia, Afghanistan's [[National Directorate of Security|NDS]], Israel's [[Mossad]], Germany's [[Federal Intelligence Service|BND]], the [[CIA]] and [[MI6]] have been well-known, a common interest being Pakistan's [[Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction|nuclear programme]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/disproportionate-case-mossad-r-k--yadav-anand-kumar-verma/1/258012.html|title=A House for Mossad|last=Unnithan|first=Sandeep|date=25 March 2013|work=India Today|access-date=19 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817025432/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/disproportionate-case-mossad-r-k--yadav-anand-kumar-verma/1/258012.html|archive-date=17 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Stations abroad===
R&AW has been active in obtaining information and operating through third countries.<ref name="FAsummary"/> R&AW offices abroad have limited strength and are largely geared to the collection of [[military intelligence|military]], [[Business intelligence|economic]], [[Industrial espionage|scientific]], and [[politics|political intelligence]]. R&AW monitors the activities of certain organisations abroad only insofar as they relate to their involvement with [[Narcoterrorism|narco terrorist]] elements and [[smuggling]] arms, ammunition, explosives, etc. into India.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Vohra Committee Report (Ministry of Home Affairs) |journal=Indian Journal of Public Administration |date=3 October 2017 |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=640–647 |doi=10.1177/0019556119950343|s2cid=220370239 }}</ref> It does not monitor the activities of criminal elements abroad, which are mainly confined to normal smuggling without any links to terrorist elements.<ref name="FAsummary"/><ref name="Federation of American Scientists"/>

R&AW officers are posted to Indian diplomatic missions under official cover as diplomats, frequently in the consular wing. The relationship between R&AW and the Ministry of External Affairs has been unstable because they "inhabit different worlds" according to the Times of India.

A task force report prepared by a New Delhi-based security think tank highlighted that R&AW operatives have inadequate non-official cover for overseas operations which 'limits access to spot real targets' and causes issues on handling 'high-value assets'.<ref name="outlookindia.com"/>

{{Campaignbox|title=[[Espionage|Espionage Techniques]]
|battles=[[Agent Handling]]– [[Black Bag Operations]]– [[Black operation]] [[Concealment device]]– [[Cryptography]]– [[Dead drop]] [[Eavesdropping]]– [[False flag|False flag operations]]– [[Honeypot (espionage)|Honeypot]]– [[Nonofficial cover]]– [[Interrogation]]– [[Numbers station|Numbers messaging]]– [[One-way voice link]] – [[Steganography]]– [[Surveillance]]– [[Tempest (codename)|TEMPEST]]
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