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Article: IMINT (Imagery Intelligence)
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- Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, andSecurity
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IMINT (Imagery Intelligence)
IMINT, or imagery intelligence, is one of the four major branches of intelligence, along with HUMINT, MASINT, and SIGINT (human, measurement and signatures, and signals intelligence respectively). Formerly known as photographic intelligence, or PHOTINT, IMINT is derived from photography, infrared sensors, synthetic aperture radar, and other forms of imaging technology. It was this wealth of imagery sources and techniques that influenced the shift in terminology from PHOTINT to IMINT during the 1970s.
Collection platforms for IMINT have ranged from surveillance balloons, employed from the time of the French Revolution onward, to satellites such as those of ...
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...In January the US Marine Corps (USMC) demonstrated a Northrop Grumman (Rolling Meadows, IL) Litening Extended Range (ER) targeting and navigation pod modified to enable a datalink between a AV-8B Harrier and a Pioneer ground-control station at MCAS Yuma, AZ. Cockpit imagery from the pod was
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