In about 250 words for each question answer the following:
1. Describe the three major branches of ELINT. Provide one real-life example (dates/places) of each branch–do your research.
2. What is biometrics? Describe at least five of the different biometric technical methods (modalities such fingerprints, iris scan etc) that can help positively identify a specific person.
3. What is Foreign Material Exploitation and what purpose does it serve? Choose one real-life example (dates/places) of FME and describe the operation\’s purpose, collection, methods, exploitation, and challenges.
4. Describe medical intelligence and the types of collection activities that would support it.
5. Describe the four categories of unattended ground sensors.
Please use the assigned course readings. To earn points you MUST demonstrate that you\’ve read and comprehended the content of the material linked below! Also conduct your own research from outside materials.
IN ADDITION, DO NOT USE LONG QUOTES IN ANY OF YOUR ANSWERS
ELINT
NSA brochure: https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/publications/misc/assets/files/elint.pdf
CIA on ELINT: https://www.cia.gov/static/8283a954517af75350ac289b25d8c75c/ELINT-A-Scientific-System.pdf
Materials exploitation
https://www.nasic.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1010245/acquire-assess-exploit/
Read the inset from Lowery about assessing the MiG-15 at end of articlehttps://www.historynet.com/sabre-ace-race.htm
The MiG-15 and the Kadena connectionhttps://www.kadena.af.mil/Portals/40/documents/About_Us/AFD-120507-058.pdf
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2018-01-31/scavenging-intelligence-us-governments-secret-search-foreign-objects-during-cold-war
https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Publications/Article/577571/understanding-the-enemy-the-enduring-value-of-technical-and-forensic-exploitati/
Medical Intelligence
Article about NCMI: https://www.afio.com/publications/CLEMENTE%20Pages%20from%20INTEL_FALLWINTER2013_Vol20_No2.pdf
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/project-impact-disease-intelligence-cia-traced-epidemics-cold/story?id=71299224
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941003/
Biometrics
WIRED magazine article: https://www.wired.com/2011/05/csi-bin-laden-commandos-use-thumb-eye-scans-to-track-terrorists/
Military pub on biometrics: http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/lemay_center/publication/afttp3-2.85/afttp3-2.85.pdf
Acoustics and seismic sensors
Unattended ground sensor article: https://www.afcea.org/signal-media/technology/blanketing-ground-sensors
Hydrophone article: http://www.azosensors.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=13
