MASINT

Measurement and signature intelligence. Specialized technical collection that produces intelligence by detecting, characterizing, identifying, and tracking the distinctive features of fixed and dynamic targets.

MASINT covers radar cross-section and kinematics; seismic, magnetic, gravitational; nuclear emissions; chemical and biological signatures; acoustic; materials spectroscopy; electro-optical.

The pages under this section follow the operator’s standard working set:

• MASINT Tools for the operator’s daily kit.

• MASINT Sources for the data sources collection draws from.

• MASINT Techniques for the tradecraft applied to those sources.

• MASINT Intel for the finished-product side, production cycle, and consumers.

• MASINT APIs for the programmatic data sources the operator pulls from.

References

• Intelligence Disciplines for the cross-discipline reference.