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iii SUMMARY OF CHANGES REVISION OF JOINT PUBLICATION 3-60 DATED 13 APRIL 2007  Reorganizes discussion of targets, targeting, the joint target cycle, and targeting duties and responsibilities for readability.  Moves discussions on following from appendices into Chapters I, “Understanding Targets and Targeting,” through Chapter III, “Joint Force Targeting Duties and Responsibilities”: time-sensitive target considerations, intelligence support to target development, capabilities analysis and force assignment, and collateral damage estimation.  Adds or updates the following terms and definitions in accordance with current directives and practices: target, active defense, critical element, damage criteria, damage estimation, entity, passive defense, physical characteristics, protected emblems, and targeteer.  Adds discussion of component-critical targets as distinct from joint force commander-validated time-sensitive targets.  Adds discussion on joint targeting working groups and describes their purpose.  Clarifies roles and responsibilities during federated targeting support.  Adds United States Cyber Command’s role in support of joint targeting and discussion on integration of cyberspace operations in joint targeting.  Adds detailed description of battle damage assessment and its role in the targeting process.