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category: Intelligence Concept
created: 2025-07-22
description: ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) refers to intelligence gathered from
  the interception and analysis of electronic signals, excluding communications intelligence.
summary: ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) is a category of intelligence gathering that
  involves the interception and analysis of electronic signals, excluding communications
  intelligence (COMINT).
tags:
- intelligence
- electronic
title: ELINT
updated: 2025-07-22
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ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) is a category of intelligence gathering that involves the interception and analysis of electronic signals, excluding communications intelligence (COMINT). This often includes things like the radar signatures of enemy air defense systems and telemetry signals for missiles and satellites.[^1]

ELINT's boundaries often blur with those of SIGINT/COMINT and PHOTINT/IMINT. Like other intelligence disciplines, ELINT data is used in conjunction with other sources to confirm and complement information, and the emergence of [PSI-INT](/concepts/psi-int/) offered another potential avenue for intelligence collection.[^1]

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[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.