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OSINT

HUMINT

SIGINT

IMINT

MASINT

Level of Analysis Threat Grade CommentStrategic Sustainability

LOW (2.0) Not sustainable for more than two weeks.

Operational Availability

MEDIUM (3.0)

Many of them scattered around.

Tactical Reliability

LOW (2.0) Cannibalized parts, stored in open, poorly trained crews.

Technical Lethality

HIGH (4.0) Best tanks money could buy at the time from Russia.US IC Official Threat on Worst Case Basis

General Threat Factor

<MEDIUM (2.75)

Proper analysis differentiated threat at each level which means each level commander is individually informed.

Military Difference

1.25 (31%) Being wrong by 31% is significant—nuances matter. On balance, at two of four levels, threat is a LOW threat.

Threat (or Factor Being Evaluated) Changes at Each Level of Analysis

Overt SME

Covert “Hides”

Clandestine HUMINTCovert Action HUMINTOffensive CounterintelligenceDefensive Counterintelligence

50% $50% $

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