SIGINT
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Definition
- Noun:
- Signals intelligence: "sigint" refers to intelligence information obtained through the interception and analysis of electronic signals and communications. This includes communications intelligence (COMINT), electronics intelligence (ELINT), and telemetry intelligence (TELINT).
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The agency specializes in collecting and analyzing sigint.
- Sigint provided crucial data about the adversary's movements.
- Advances in encryption pose a challenge to traditional sigint operations.
Advanced Usage
- As a modifier: "sigint" can function as a noun modifier in compound terms related to the field.
- The sigint analyst reviewed the intercepted transmissions.
- They discussed sigint capabilities during the briefing.
Variants and Related Words
- COMINT (Communications Intelligence): A subset of sigint involving intercepted communications.
- ELINT (Electronics Intelligence): A subset of sigint involving non-communications electronic emissions (e.g., from radar systems).
- TELINT (Telemetry Intelligence): A subset of sigint involving intercepted telemetric data (e.g., from missile tests).
Synonyms
- Signals intelligence: The full term for "sigint."
- Electronic intelligence (ELINT): Although more specific, it is sometimes used broadly in similar contexts.
Related Phrases
- Sigint collection: The act of gathering signals intelligence.
- The plane's mission was sigint collection over the region.
- Sigint agency: An organization dedicated to signals intelligence.
- He worked for a national sigint agency.
Noun
- intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence