The intelligence used here would be critical intelligence.
Explanation:
Critical intelligence involves the taking of decisions on the basis of existing scenarios and facts after careful judgement and analysis of facts, figures and scenarios and often a combination of all of these.
This is possible due to the ability of the person to make a judgement for the betterment of their own as well as people related to them.
The case here is of the command of the person who has to take a call whether to launch the attack or not and thus it is this case of Critical Intelligence.
