COMINT
Noun
Meaning
technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients
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Codebreaking ( cryptanalysis or COMINT ), aircraft or satellite photography, ( IMINT ) and research in open publications (OSINT) are all intelligence gathering disciplines, but none of them are considered espionage.
Electronic Support data can be used to produce signals intelligence (SIGINT), communications intelligence (COMINT) and electronics intelligence (ELINT).
Complementary relationship to COMINT Combining other sources of information and ELINT allows traffic analysis to be performed on electronic emissions which contain human encoded messages.
It should be noted that COMINT is commonly referred to as SIGINT, which can cause confusion when talking about the broader intelligence disciplines.
MASINT associated with COMINT might involve the detection of common background sounds expected with human voice communications.
These stations may also be COMINT (e.