From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In
signals intelligence (SIGINT)
,
non-communications signals
are any signals sent out for a purpose other than communicating information. This includes
radar
emissions and emissions from
instrumentation
(which provide information, but are not sent out for the purpose of providing information to others).
[1]
[2]
[3]
Electronic signals intelligence (ELINT)
, which came to be studied in great detail after
World War II
, attempts to detect and analyze enemy non-communications signals.
[3]
[4]
Foreign instrumentation signals intelligence
(FISINT) focuses specifically on non-communications signals emitted by instrumentation, including
telemetry
signals sent between components of a system.
[5]
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