12 Facts About Electro-optical MASINT

Electro-optical MASINT is a subdiscipline of Measurement and Signature Intelligence, and refers to intelligence gathering activities which bring together disparate elements that do not fit within the definitions of Signals Intelligence, Imagery Intelligence, or Human Intelligence.

Electro-optical MASINT helps validate that picture, so that, for example, the analyst can tell if an area of green is vegetation or camouflage paint.

Electro-optical MASINT generates information on phenomena that emit, absorb, or reflect electromagnetic energy in the infrared, visible light, or ultraviolet spectra, phenomena where a "picture" is less important than the amount or type of energy reported.

Electro-optical MASINT techniques are not limited to the United States, but the US distinguishes Electro-optical MASINT sensors from others more than do other nations.

Electro-optical MASINT was recognized as a formal intelligence discipline in 1986.

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Electro-optical MASINT involves obtaining information from emitted or reflected energy, across the wavelengths of infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light.

Electro-optical MASINT techniques include measurement of the radiant intensities, dynamic motion, and the materials composition of a target.

Sensors used in electro-optical MASINT include radiometers, spectrometers, non-literal imaging systems, lasers, or laser radar.

Electro-optical MASINT sensors are directional and precise, so need to be cued by acoustic or other omnidirectional sensors.

Where an IR IMINT sensor would take a picture that fills a frame, the IR Electro-optical MASINT sensor gives a list, by coordinate, of IR wavelengths and energy.

Where an IMINT sensor would take a picture that fills a frame, the Spectroscopic Electro-optical MASINT sensor gives a list, by coordinate, of wavelengths and energy.

Hyperspectral Electro-optical MASINT involves the synthesis of images as seen by visible and near infrared light.