Clark, an intelligence analyst and independent consultant assessing threats to US space systems, explains the technical collection of intelligence at a nontechnical level, for managers of technical collection assets, analysts, customers of intelligence, recruiters for the intelligence community, and graduate students. He discusses how technical collectors work and are used in the collection of nonliteral information related to signatures, electromagnetic sensors, collection platforms, optical imaging and radiometry, spectral sensing and imaging, radar, passive radiofrequency collection, missile and space intelligence, non-electromagnetic signatures, physical objects and equipment and samples of substances, and managing technical collection. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)