List of intelligence gathering disciplines: Difference between revisions
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**[[Geophysical MASINT#Seismic MASINT | Seismic MASINT]] | **[[Geophysical MASINT#Seismic MASINT | Seismic MASINT]] | ||
**[[Geophysical MASINT#Magnetic MASINT | Magnetic MASINT]] | **[[Geophysical MASINT#Magnetic MASINT | Magnetic MASINT]] | ||
**[[Geophysical MASINT#Gravitimetric MASINT | Gravitimetric MASINT] | **[[Geophysical MASINT#Gravitimetric MASINT | Gravitimetric MASINT] | ||
*[[Radar MASINT]] | *[[Radar MASINT]] | ||
**[[Radar MASINT#Line-of-Sight Radar MASINT | Line-of-Sight Radar MASINT]] | **[[Radar MASINT#Line-of-Sight Radar MASINT | Line-of-Sight Radar MASINT]] | ||
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- Signals Intelligence - gathered from interception of signals | - Signals Intelligence - gathered from interception of signals | ||
*[[COMINT]] - Communications Intelligence | *[[COMINT]] - Communications Intelligence | ||
* [[ELINT]] - Electronic Intelligence - gathered from non-communications electronic emissions | *[[ELINT]] - Electronic Intelligence - gathered from non-communications electronic emissions | ||
** [[FISINT]] - Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence | ** [[FISINT]] - Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence | ||
***[[TELINT]] - Telemetry Intelligence - the collection and analysis of telemetry data from the target's missile or sometimes from aircraft tests. | ***[[TELINT]] - Telemetry Intelligence - the collection and analysis of telemetry data from the target's missile or sometimes from aircraft tests. | ||
==[[TECHINT]]== | ==[[TECHINT]]== | ||
- Technical Intelligence - gathered from analysis of weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations, or environmental conditions. | - Technical Intelligence - gathered from analysis of weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations, or environmental conditions. | ||
*[[MEDINT]]Medical Intelligence - gathered from analysis of medical records and/or actual physiological examinations to determine health and/or particular ailments/allergetic conditions for exploitation. | *[[MEDINT]] Medical Intelligence - gathered from analysis of medical records and/or actual physiological examinations to determine health and/or particular ailments/allergetic conditions for exploitation. | ||
==[[FININT]]== | ==[[FININT]]== | ||
- Financial Intelligence - gathered from analysis of monetary transactions | - Financial Intelligence - gathered from analysis of monetary transactions | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 16:30, 1 December 2007
Intelligence Gathering Disciplines
- Human Intelligence - gathered from a person on the ground.
- Patrolling (Military police, patrols, etc);
- strategic reconnaissance, as by Special Forces
- military attaches
- Friendly accredited diplomats
- Prisoners of war (POW's) or detainees;
- Refugees;
- Traveler debriefing(e.g., CIA Domestic Contact Service);
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs);
- Espionage;
- Geospatial Intelligence - gathered from satellite, aerial photography, mapping/terrain data
- IMINT - Imagery Intelligence - gathered from satellite and aerial photography
- Measurement and Signature Intelligence
- Electro-optical MASINT
- Nuclear MASINT
- Geophysical MASINT
- Weather and Sea Intelligence MASINT
- Acoustic MASINT (also known as ACOUSTINT- Acoustic phenomena)
- Seismic MASINT
- Magnetic MASINT
- [[Geophysical MASINT#Gravitimetric MASINT | Gravitimetric MASINT]
- Open Source Intelligence - gathered from open sources
- Signals Intelligence - gathered from interception of signals
- COMINT - Communications Intelligence
- ELINT - Electronic Intelligence - gathered from non-communications electronic emissions
- Technical Intelligence - gathered from analysis of weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations, or environmental conditions.
- MEDINT Medical Intelligence - gathered from analysis of medical records and/or actual physiological examinations to determine health and/or particular ailments/allergetic conditions for exploitation.
- Financial Intelligence - gathered from analysis of monetary transactions