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Chapter III III-22 JP 3-0 times be overlapping, each has its own distinct purpose and function. CI support is essential to protecting the force and must be fully integrated into operation planning and execution. For additional information on CI, refer to Secret JP 2-01.2, Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence in Joint Operations. For additional guidance on the intelligence function, refer to JP 2-0, Joint Intelligence; JP 2- 01, Joint and National Intelligence Support to Military Operations; and other subordinate JPs that address intelligence support to targeting, CI, HUMINT, geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), and JIPOE. 4. Fires a. To employ fires is to use available weapons and other systems to create a specific lethal or nonlethal effect on a target. Joint fires are those delivered during the employment of forces from two or more components in coordinated action to produce desired results in support of a common objective. Fires typically produce destructive effects, but various nonlethal ways and means (such as electronic attack [EA]) can be employed with little or no associated physical destruction. This function encompasses the fires associated with a number of tasks, missions, and processes, including: (1) Conduct joint targeting. This is the process of selecting and prioritizing targets and matching the appropriate response to them, taking account of command objectives, operational requirements, and capabilities. (2) Provide joint fire support. This task includes joint fires that assist joint forces to move, maneuver, and control territory, populations, airspace, and key waters. (3) Countering air and missile threats. This task integrates offensive and defensive operations and capabilities to attain and maintain a desired degree of air superiority and force protection. These operations are designed to destroy or negate enemy aircraft and missiles, both before and after launch. (4) Interdict enemy capabilities. Interdiction diverts, disrupts, delays, or destroys the enemy’s military surface capabilities before they can be used effectively against friendly forces, or to otherwise achieve their objectives. (5) Conduct strategic attack. This task includes offensive action against targets— whether military, political, economic, or other—which are selected specifically in order to achieve strategic objectives. (6) Employ IO Capabilities. This task focuses on military actions involving the use of electronic warfare (EW) and military information support operations (MISO). It can involve targeting key leaders and influential groups to affect their decision-making processes. (7) Assess the results of employing fires. This task includes assessing the effectiveness and performance of fires as well as their contribution to the larger operation or