priority intelligence requirement meaning

• [Defence]
  An intelligence requirement, stated as a priority for intelligence support, that the commander and staff need to understand the adversary or the operational environment.
  Also called PIR.
  See also information requirements; intelligence; intelligence process; intelligence requirement.
  (JP 5-0)

• CCIR is divided into two key sub-components : " critical friendly force information " and " priority intelligence requirements ".
• The main intent of site exploitation is to extract as much potential intelligence as possible from the site of a raid or point of interest in hopes that the data collected will lead to further enemy targets and / or answer priority intelligence requirements ( PIR ).