Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com FM 34-54 As the materiel moves through the TECHINT chain, each succeeding level of the exploitation process is completed. TECHINT units maintain procedures and plans for sampling, exploiting, and handling materiel in the following categories: Missile guidance systems, warheads, fuses, and propellants. Munitions, mines, explosives, and their effects. Direct and indirect fire systems of all types and their effects. Tracked and wheeled vehicles and transports. Various types of armor, radios, and radar. EW, intercept, and jamming equipment. Communications, antenna, relay, and telephone equipment. Teletypes. Directed energy weapons.
Automated data processing (ADP) hardware and software. NBC offensive and defensive equipment. Tactical aviation. Medical equipment capabilities and vulnerabilities. Although exploitation plans are extremely useful, it is the analyst who determines the actual steps to use in each procedure. Analysis always begins with what is, and what is not, known about the piece of equipment. 4-9