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[edit] HUMINT

Intelligence - Serious Business

Don't let anyone tell you different.

HUMINT is Human Intelligence and is gathered from a person on the ground in the following ways:

1. Patrolling (Military police, patrols, etc);
2. Strategic reconnaissance, as by Special Forces
3. Military attaches
4. Friendly accredited diplomats
5. Prisoners of war (POW's) or detainees
6. Refugees
7. Traveler debriefing(e.g., CIA Domestic Contact Service)
8. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
9. Espionage

[edit] GEOINT

GEOINT is Geospatial Intelligence and is gathered from satellite, aerial photography, mapping/terrain data.

[edit] IMINT

IMINT is Imagery Intelligence (a subset of GEOINT) and is gathered from satellite and aerial photography.

[edit] MASINT

MASINT is Measurement and Signature Intelligence.

[edit] Electro-optical MASINT

• [Airborne]] Electro-Optical Missile Tracking MASINT
• Tactical Countermortar Sensors
• Infrared MASINT
• Airborne Electro-Optical Missile Tracking MASINT
• Optical Measurement of Nuclear Explosions

• LASER MASINT
• Spectroscopic MASINT
• Hyperspectral Imagery MASINT
• Space-based Staring Infrared Sensors

[edit] Nuclear MASINT

• Radiation survey and dosimetry
• Space-based Nuclear Energy Detection
• Effects of Ionizing Radiation on materials

[edit] Geophysical MASINT

• Weather and Sea Intelligence MASINT
• Acoustic MASINT
• Seismic MASINT
• Magnetic MASINT
• Gravitimetric MASINT

[edit] 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

[edit] Materials MASINT

• Chemical Materials MASINT
• Biological Materials MASINT
• Nuclear test analysis

[edit] Radiofrequency MASINT

• Frequency Domain MASINT
• Electromagnetic Pulse MASINT
• Unintentional Radiation MASINT

[edit] OSINT

OSINT is Open Source Intelligence and is gathered from open sources, like newspapers and books.

[edit] SIGINT

SIGINT is Signals Intelligence and is gathered from interception of signals.

[edit] COMINT

COMINT is Communications Intelligence.

[edit] ELINT

ELINT is Electronic Intelligence and is gathered from non-communications electronic emissions.

[edit] FISINT

FISINT is Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence.

[edit] TELINT

TELINT is Telemetry Intelligence and is the collection and analysis of telemetry data from the target's missile or sometimes from aircraft tests.

[edit] TECHINT

TECHINT is Technical Intelligence and is gathered from analysis of weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations

[edit] FININT

FININT is Financial Intelligence and is gathered from analysis of monetary transactions.

[edit] MEDINT

MEDINT is Medical Intelligence and is gathered from analysis of medical records and/or actual physiological examinations to determine health and/or particular ailments/allergetic conditions for exploitation.

[edit] VPBINT

VPBINT is Variable Programmable Beacon Intelligence and is gathered via telematics from static and dynamic (mobile) variable programmable intelligent beacons. I have no idea what this means.