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The following table gives the NATO standard format for expressing the quality of inteligence. Comprising an alpha-numeric code of one letter and one number. The letter is the quality of the source of the information, while the number is a judgement about the quality of the information itself. All data is assigned a value by the Intelligence Officer (S2) in association with mission operators. This "value" may be updated in the light of future information. Incidentally as an aside, this is where the saying "A1", meaning perfect comes from. Letter Meaning Number Meaning A Completely Reliable 1 Confirmed By Other Sources B Usually Reliable 2 Probably True C Fairly Reliable 3 Possibly True D Not Usually Reliable 4 Doubtfully True E Unreliable 5 Improbable F Reliability Unknown 6 Truth Cannot Be Judged

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