The phrase "a direct operational link" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a clear and immediate connection or relationship between two operational elements or systems.
Example: "The new software update establishes a direct operational link between the database and the user interface, improving efficiency."
Alternatives: "an immediate operational connection" or "a straightforward operational relationship."
This was done by describing as dangerous only those jihadis who had a direct operational link to the al-Qa'ida "core" of Osama bin Laden.
Analysts say the Madrid bombings were different in style from previous attacks claimed by al-Qaida, and the investigation found no evidence of a direct operational link to the Islamist terrorist group.
But there has been a question mark over whether there is a direct, operational link, as Gen Ham says.
Western security experts also doubt that there are any direct operational links between Islamic State, based in the Middle East, and militants operating on the ground in Bangladesh.
Western security experts doubt that there are any direct operational links between Islamic State, based in the Middle East, and militants operating on the ground in Bangladesh.
Others, like the Nigerian Boko Haram or the Philippine Abu Sayyaf, have adopted some of the imagery and sophisticated media techniques of Islamic State, but do not maintain any direct operational links with IS nor does it appear that they are subject to Baghdadi's direct control.
Although experts doubt whether AQLIM has direct operational links with al-Qaeda elsewhere, its methods - which include suicide bombings - and its choice of targets, such as foreign workers and the UN headquarters in Algiers, follow the al-Qaeda method.
That has raised questions whether direct operational links have also arisen.
It's not difficult to see why – water access and quality pose a direct operational and social risk to business.
Rather than replace him, Ho assumed a direct operational role.
A strong operational link between a company and its start-up can take various forms.
