Military observation (14)

I believe the answer is:

reconnaissance

'military observation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for reconnaissance that I've seen before include "Scouting" , "Initial survey" , "Preliminary survey" , "Military observation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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