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Sir please explain the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

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Sir, This link (http://www.oss.net/dynamaster/file_archive/040320/fb893cded51d5ff6145f06c39a3d5094/OSS1997-02-33.pdf) is not working. [Steele, Robert. “Open Source Intelligence: What Is It? Why Is It Important to the Military?,” in Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz (eds.), Strategic Intelligence: Windows into a Secret World, NC: Roxbury, 2004, pp. 112-119.]

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Sir, kindly guide on –

1- How can OSINT ops be successively conducted on closed information states like China or North Korea? (Attaching a file I had downloaded)

2- Is the information that China generally makes public through its stare-run agencies reliable and sufficient?

3- Is there any research paper or unclassified information over the organisations collecting OSINT for China?

4- Please suggest sources on the Military Uses of OSINT.

Questions repeated & answered after graphic.

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Sir,

I have noticed one particular characteristic of OSINT which is that any OSINT process involves two actions, namely, intelligence collection and then intelligence analysis. I have observed that OSINT collection process is technical and requires thorough understanding of different technologies, softwares and methodologies while intelligence analysis depends more upon the analyst’s judgment.

This brings us to breaking OSINT into two components- the technical one that relates with collection of OSINT and the non-technical one relating to analysis. Can this be depicted with the help of the following diagram?

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