Just a question...
2006-12-13 07:30:12 · 20 answers · asked by Mark R 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
In the First World War there were eventually ten MI (Military Intelligence) sections of the War Office. By the end of the Second World War there were seventeen. During the First World War the actual number and precise functions of the sections varied almost year to year to match the needs of the war effort
After WW2 all the different branches were scaled down under two umbrellas of MI5 (Home Intelligence) MI6 (foreign intelligence)
2006-12-13 22:56:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the font (I vs. 1) is throwing some people off. You're asking about MI5, the British Security Service, correct?
There were a number of departments within the Directorate of Military Intelligence (up to MI19) which dealt with a range of issues. For example, MI1 was responsible for code-breaking, MI2 handled Russian and Scandinavian intelligence, MI3 dealt with the rest of Eastern Europe and MI4 looked after aerial reconnaissance. The responsibilities of these departments were either discontinued or absorbed into The War Office, MI5 and MI6 and, later, GCHQ.
2006-12-13 07:37:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MI5 is a security service in the UK. An M16 is an American rifle. The difference is that MI5 starts with two letters and M16 starts with only the letter M. There are some in between, though, like the M1 is an older rifle the Americans used. There are also others in between.
2006-12-13 07:35:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its training i think.
MI1- Voluntary workers , (they work in the kiosk)
MI2- They sort the post and do the filing
MI3- Cadets
MI4- Undergraduates
And then when you've done all that and you're qualified you move on to MI5 and MI6.
LMAO at UKcuf's answer. Even i ain't that dumb..
2006-12-13 07:38:41 · answer #4 · answered by Georgie's Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MI5 and MI6 ate MI1, 2, 3 and 4.
2006-12-13 07:39:46 · answer #5 · answered by mattzcoz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Am not sure whether there was an MI1,2,3 and 4 - I know MI5 deals with Internal Military Intelligence and that MI6 deals with External (as in overseas) Intelligence - send your question as a text to 63336 and they will give you the answer
2006-12-13 07:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by Velvet Kitten 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MI stands for military intelligence so 1 to 3 will be the Army, Navy and Air Force I expect. A bit like the numbers for the SAS commando units do not match with the units left in service.
2006-12-13 17:15:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all relates to the original rooms occupied by the various intelligence units. MI6 refers to Military Intelligence room 6. MI 5, room 5 etc.
Because civil servants are dim, once they have invented a system of identification, they cannot ever improve or change it.
2006-12-19 02:07:25 · answer #8 · answered by BRIAN S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Richard is correct. MI5 is now known as the Security Service and MI6 is called the Secret Intelligence Service. However, old habits die hard and they are still referred to as "Five" and "Six".
2006-12-13 07:45:14 · answer #9 · answered by Stephen L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol they could have been prototypes. But you know I lways wondered what the 15 and 16 stood for too. Normally for arms the number is referrence to the year it was made. i.e. AK-47, or its Caliber, Colt 45. Sometimes the use production plants in the names too. So maybe thats what it is.
2006-12-13 07:33:35 · answer #10 · answered by jazzman1127 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋