Electro-optical MASINT/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Infrared [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Measurement and signature intelligence [r]: A variety of intelligence gathering disciplines complementary to the technical "mainstream" of imagery intelligence and signals intelligence. ^[e]
• Visible light [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ultraviolet [r]: The part of the electromagnetic spectrum between the visible light and X-ray regions ^[e]

Subtopics

• Airborne electro-optical missile tracking MASINT [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Electro-optical artillery detection MASINT [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Electro-optical tracking [r]: The use of electronics, possibly in combination with mechanical positioning systems, to aim an optical system at a source of infrared, visible, or ultraviolet light, and follow it for purposes of observation or weapons guidance ^[e]
• Terrestrial nonimaging infrared MASINT [r]: a subset of electro-optical MASINT and measurement and signature intelligence, which senses energy, energy differences, or energy spectra in the infrared wavelengths, using ground-based sensors ^[e]
• LASER MASINT [r]: The use of lasers as part of electro-optical MASINT systems, such as laser rangefinders and other electro-optical tracking for cueing; the measurement and signatures of adversary lasers; and the use of lasers as remote exciters for spectroscopic MASINT ^[e]
• Optical measurement of nuclear explosions MASINT [r]: Techniques combining electro-optical tracking with sequential measurement of the size and shape of the fireball, possibly combining spectroscopic MASINT, used in projects SPEEDLIGHT and BURNING LIGHT, and other above-ground tests ^[e]
• Spectroscopic MASINT [r]: A electro-optical measurement and signature intelligence technique to measure the electromagnetic spectrum reflected from or emitted by an object, typically within the infrared through ultraviolet wavelength range, and compare it to spectral signatures of known objects ^[e]
• Space-based staring infrared MASINT [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Counterbattery [r]: Defense against enemy artillery involving identifying the point of origin of hostile fire and directing lethal force against it ^[e]
• Geophysical MASINT [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Imagery intelligence [r]: the practice of taking and interpreting visible and infrared light photographs and video, radar imagery, and other ways to form pictures of subjects of interest ^[e]
• Materials MASINT [r]: A discipline involving the measurement of signatures from the collection, processing, and analysis of gas, liquid, or solid samples; it complements technical intelligence: a technical intelligence analyst would work with a captured example of the weapon, or at least pieces of it, to come to that understanding of the propellant, while an analyst of this technique would infer the propellant through analysis of the exhaust ^[e]
• Nuclear MASINT [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Radar MASINT [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Radiofrequency MASINT [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Remote viewing [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Signals intelligence [r]: the practice of acquiring information through monitoring the electromagnetic signals deliberately trasmitted by an opponent, including communications (COMINT) and non-communications electronics such as radar (ELINT). ^[e]
• Spectroscopy [r]: Add brief definition or description