Posted on 10/30/2006 8:55:10 PM PST by humint
Wow, I thought it meant SIGnal INTerrupt....Unix lingo...
why not GISINT? (Geographic Information Systems Intelligence?)
Yeah, it's not necessarily GIS, but...
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SIGINT is Signal Intelligence. Essentially, any RF you emanate, can be identified/used against you. Not the same as what you are are referring to here, and being an ol CTT3 from the Navy, had me very confused.
Oh, I get it....I was focusing on the map....but it's the signal that tracked Bouyen....did you actually do it?
Sorry for being so obtuse.
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