The formation of the Defense Intelligence Agencies (DIA) Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) division effectively centralized the Department of Defenses (DoD) MASINT directives and requirements. Prior to the formalization of MASINT as an Intelligence Discipline, every Intelligence Community (IC) agency and military services had their own MASINT related efforts under numerous names and intelligence activities. Formal development of MASINT brought those collective intelligence practices under one umbrella and began the steps towards recognition of MASINT as a standalone intelligence discipline. This resulted in the larger us of MASINT in today's tactical and strategic environments.
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This meant other IC agencies and military services were able to collectively develop MASINT capabilities and validate collection requirements with specific authorizing channels. In order to structure and organize all the capabilities of MASINT, the DoD issued DoD instruction 5105.58 in 1993. This guidance put DIAs National MASINT Management Office (NMMO) at the forefront of MASINT prioritization, tasking, policy and guidance (Lynn, 2012). Furthermore, the National-Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) was given the responsibility for both radar and electro-optical intelligence disciplines. This leaves the remaining four disciplines of MASINT for DIA. This being said, "While NGA and DIA provide policy and guidance for MASINT, their policy and guidance do not interfere with Service component operations. Each Service has a primary command or staff activity to develop requirements and coordinate MASINT effort. The Army G-2 staff is the functional manager for Army MASINT resources, policy, and guidance. Army weapons systems programs that require MASINT information to support system design or operations, submit requests through the Army Reprogramming Analysis Team or U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) channels for data collection and processing." ("FM 2-0 Intelligence," 2010). MASINT therefore was developed to manage and provide soldiers with a full range of standing, change, time-sensitive, amplification, and ad hoc requirements that support the tactical and strategic environments ("MASINT Handbook for the Warfighter,"
DIAs MASINT division was formed to focus the requirements …show more content…
This meant other IC agencies and military services were able to collectively develop MASINT capabilities and validate collection requirements with specific authorizing channels. In order to structure and organize all the capabilities of MASINT, the DoD issued DoD instruction 5105.58 in 1993. This guidance put DIAs National MASINT Management Office (NMMO) at the forefront of MASINT prioritization, tasking, policy and guidance (Lynn, 2012). Furthermore, the National-Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) was given the responsibility for both radar and electro-optical intelligence disciplines. This leaves the remaining four disciplines of MASINT for DIA. This being said, "While NGA and DIA provide policy and guidance for MASINT, their policy and guidance do not interfere with Service component operations. Each Service has a primary command or staff activity to develop requirements and coordinate MASINT effort. The Army G-2 staff is the functional manager for Army MASINT resources, policy, and guidance. Army weapons systems programs that require MASINT information to support system design or operations, submit requests through the Army Reprogramming Analysis Team or U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) channels for data collection and processing." ("FM 2-0 Intelligence," 2010). MASINT therefore was developed to manage and provide soldiers with a full range of standing, change, time-sensitive, amplification, and ad hoc requirements that support the tactical and strategic environments ("MASINT Handbook for the Warfighter,"