Fleet Intelligence Command

It was the only naval intelligence and security unit of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, which was organized as an intelligence business group with the establishment of the Defense Intelligence Headquarters on 20 January 1997. On 19 March 2020, Takashi Inoue, then FIC commander, was reported to have debriefed a former vice admiral on Japanese national security circumstances. He was subsequently indicted for violating the State Secrecy Law in December 2022. On 1 October 2020, the Information Business Group was abolished and the Fleet Intelligence Command was established in its place. The Operation Information Support Corps, Electronic Information Support Corps, and Basic Information Support Corps were abolished, and the Operation Information Corps and Electromagnetic Information Corps were newly added. The FIC's capacity has been increased from about 200 to about 230, the efficiency of operations has been improved by integrating the units, the ability to collect and analyze electromagnetic wave information, etc. has been improved, and the information support function for the Self-Defense Fleet has been added. On 25 and 26 August 2022, FIC conducted a tabletop exercise with the U.S. Navy Task Force 70 (TF70) / Carrier Strike Group 5 at the Maritime Operations Center in Funakoshi. On September 9, 2024, the JMSDF announced that the Fleet Information Warfare command will be formed, which will integrate the FIC alongside the Oceanography ASW Support Command, Guard Post and the Communications Command. ==Duties==

The main task is to analyze and distribute operational information necessary for units such as the Self Defense Fleet and the Regional District Forces that operate ships and aircraft, clandestine and covert operations, countering naval hybrid threats, counter naval intelligence, information and psychological warfare, naval cybersecurity, naval intelligence gathering and assessment, signals intelligence (SIGINT), strategic intelligence (STRATINT), and threat assessment to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. == Organization ==

The headquarters is located in the Maritime Operations Center in Funakoshi district. Fleet Intelligence Command (Funakoshi) • Intelligence Management Office Operational Intelligence Center (Funakoshi) • General Affairs Department • Strategic Intelligence Department 1 • Strategic Intelligence Department 2 • Strategic Intelligence Department 3 • Computer Science Electromagnetic Intelligence Command (Funakoshi) • General Affairs Department • Computer Science • Electromagnetic Intelligence Department 1 • Electromagnetic Intelligence Department 2 • Research Guidance Department ==Equipment==

The FIC is known to operate SURTASS-equipped ships, consisting of the Hibiki and the Harima. == Citations ==