Definition

1. 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

1. intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence