Editing Imagery intelligence (section)

{{Short description|Intelligence gathered by means of imagery}}
{{Intelligence}}[[File:FIFTH AIR FORCE, KOREA-With a photograph of a Communist gun position in front of him, Sgt. James E. Kindseth moves... - NARA - 542277 - restored.jpg|thumb|[[Fifth Air Force]] photographic analyst searches for the location of enemy [[flak]] batteries to plan attacks against enemy positions during the [[Korean War]].]]

'''Imagery intelligence''' ('''IMINT'''), pronounced as either as ''Im-Int'' or ''I-Mint'', is an [[list of intelligence gathering disciplines|intelligence gathering discipline]] wherein [[image]]ry is analyzed (or "exploited") to identify [[intelligence assessment|information of intelligence value]].<ref>Headquarters, Department of the Army. (2004). Intelligence (FM 2-0)|(https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/policy/army/fm/2-0/chap7.htm).</ref> Imagery used for [[Military Intelligence|defense intelligence]] purposes is generally collected via [[satellite imagery]] or [[aerial photography]].

As an intelligence gathering discipline, IMINT production depends heavily upon a robust [[intelligence collection management]] system. IMINT is complemented by non-imaging [[MASINT]] electro-optical and radar sensors.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kuperman|first=G.G.|title=Proceedings of the IEEE 1997 National Aerospace and Electronics Conference. NAECON 1997 |chapter=Human system interface (HSI) issues in assisted target recognition (ASTR) |date=1997|chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/617759|location=Dayton, OH, USA|publisher=IEEE|volume=1|pages=37–48|doi=10.1109/NAECON.1997.617759|isbn=978-0-7803-3725-1|s2cid=110420739}}</ref>