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Intelligence Gathering Disciplines
Contents
1 HUMINT
2 GEOINT
3 MASINT
4 OSINT
5 SIGINT
6 TECHINT
7 CYBINT
8 FININT
1 - HUMINT - Human Intelligence—gathered from a person on the ground.
- Espionage
- Friendly accredited diplomats
- Military attaches
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Patrolling (Military police, patrols, etc.)
- Prisoners of war (POWs) or detainees
- Refugees
- Strategic reconnaissance, as by special forces
- Traveler debriefing (e.g., CIA Domestic Contact Service)
2 - GEOINT - Geospatial Intelligence—gathered from satellite, aerial photography, mapping/terrain data
- IMINT - Imagery Intelligence: gathered from satellite and aerial photography
3 - MASINT - Measurement and Signature Intelligence
- Electro-optical MASINT
- Airborne Electro-Optical Missile Tracking MASINT
- Tactical Countermortar Sensors
- Infrared MASINT
- Optical Measurement of Nuclear Explosions
- LASER MASINT
- Spectroscopic MASINT
- Hyperspectral Imagery MASINT
- Space-based Staring Infrared Sensors
- Nuclear MASINT
- Radiation survey and dosimetry
- Space-based Nuclear Energy Detection
- Effects of Ionizing Radiation on materials
- Geophysical MASINT
- Weather and Sea Intelligence MASINT
- Acoustic MASINT (also known as ACOUSTINT or ACINT - Acoustic phenomena)
- Seismic MASINT
- Magnetic MASINT
- Gravitimetric MASINT
- Radar MASINT
- Line-of-Sight Radar MASINT
- Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) MASINT
- Non-Cooperative Target Recognition
- Multistatic Radar MASINT
- Passive Covert Radar
- Materials MASINT
- Chemical Materials MASINT
- Biological Materials MASINT
- Nuclear test analysis
- Radiofrequency MASINT
- Frequency Domain MASINT
- Electromagnetic Pulse MASINT
- Unintentional Radiation MASINT
4 - OSINT - Open Source Intelligence—gathered from open sources.
Can be further segmented by source type; Internet/General, Scientific/Technical and various HUMINT specialties (e.g. trade shows, association meetings, interviews, etc.)
5 - SIGINT - Signals Intelligence—gathered from interception of signals
- COMINT—Communications Intelligence
- ELINT—Electronic Intelligence: gathered from non-communications electronic emissions
- 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.
6 - TECHINT - 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/allergenic conditions for exploitation.
7 - CYBINT - Intelligence—gathered from Cyber Space
8 - FININT - Financial Intelligence—gathered from analysis of monetary transactions
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