ACINT - Acoustic Intelligence - gathered from acoustical sources
CBINT - Chemical and Biological Intelligence - gathered from chemical and biological weapons and hazards
DEWINT - Directed Energy Weapon Intelligence - gathered from weapon related radio frequency, microwave, electromagnetic pulse, laser, and particle beams
Effluent/Debris Collection - gathered from atmospheric effluents and debris
EOINT - Electro-Optical Intelligence - gathered from optical monitoring of the electromagnetic spectrum
IRINT - Infrared Intelligence - gathered from the infrared spectrum
LASINT - Laser Intelligence - gathered from laser systems
MATINT - Materials Intelligence
NUCINT - Nuclear Intelligence - gathered from the analysis of radiation
RADINT - Radar Intelligence - gathered from radar sources. Note that this is often considered to be part of ELINT (q.v.).
RF/EMPINT - Radio Frequency/Electromagnetic Pulse Intelligence - gathered from radio frequency and electromagnetic pulse emissions
Spectroscopic Intelligence
OSINT - Open Source Intelligence - gathered from open sources
SIGINT - Signals Intelligence - gathered from interception of signals
ELINT - Electronic Intelligence - gathered from non-communications electronic emissions
TECHINT - Technical Intelligence - gathered from analysis of weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations
FININT - Financial Intelligence - gathered from analysis of monetary transactions
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.
HUMINT, short for HUMan INTelligence, is an intelligence gathering discipline collecting information either by interviewing or tracking a subject of investigation, or by using a combination of black techniques to gain confessions or involuntary disclosure of information. ... GEOINT stands for GEOspatial INTelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by exploitation (analysis) of imagery and mapping data, whether collected by commercial satelite, government satelite or by other means. ... IMINT, short for IMagery INTelligence, is an intelligence gathering discipline which collects information via satellite and aerial photography. ... MASINT, short for Measurement and Signature Intelligence, refers to intelligence gathering activities that bring together disparate elements that do not fit within the definitions of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Imagery Intelligence (IMINT), or Human Intelligence (HUMINT). ... Infrared intelligence is the gathering and processing of intelligence in the infrared spectrum. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... SIGINT stands for SIGnals INTelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether by radio interception or other means. ... SIGINT stands for SIGnals INTelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether by radio interception or other means. ... ELINT stands for ELectronic INTelligence, and refers to intelligence-gathering by use of electronic sensors. ... Technical Intelligence (TECHINT) is intelligence about weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations. ...
CBINT - Chemical and Biological Intelligence - gathered from chemical and biological weapons and hazards
NUCINT - Nuclear Intelligence - gathered from the analysis of radiation
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.
Intelligence findings or "product" and the sources and methods used to obtain them (tradecraft) are often highly classified and sometimes compartmentalized, and intelligence officers need top level security clearance.
Intelligence agencies often engage in clandestine activities beyond espionage such as political subversion, sabotage and assassination.
Military intelligence is an element of warfare which covers all aspects of gathering, analyzing, and making use of information over enemy forces and the ground.
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