Measurement and signature intelligence

{
  "id": "MLC-T-DEF-001049",
  "term": "Measurement and signature intelligence",
  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "Information produced by quantitative and qualitative analysis of physical attributes of targets and events to detect, characterize, locate, and identify targets and events; and derived from specialized, technically derived measurements and signatures of physical phenomenon intrinsic to an object or event.",
  "abbreviation": "MASINT",
  "see_also": [
    "intelligence",
    "scientific and technical intelligence"
  ],
  "references": [
    "JP 2-0"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/measurement-and-signature-intelligence/"
}