…For example, during a major combat operation the JFC may be able to accept a higher level of risk to civilians, friendly forces, and noncombatants when attacking adversary WMD to ensure a quicker response. But during…

…so much “smart” as they are “obedient.” They guide to the mensurated point they are programmed to attack, so accurate mensuration is vital to their employment. Mensuration is not required for accurate employment of all weapons…

…The agency focuses DOD efforts to prepare for and respond to WMD attacks. These technologies provide commanders options for effective targeting against enemy WMD capabilities, WMD delivery methods, and underground or hardened structures, as well as…

…Weaponeering and allocation function together to produce the master air attack plan (MAAP); see “products of the phase,” below. These efforts also commence before the JIPTL is approved and continue past MAAP production into execution planning…

…Building them in peacetime will help reduce the possibility of attacking entities that are

…Although creating parallel effects is generally best, some targets must be attacked sequentially to enable effects against other targets.

…The no strike list (NSL) is a list of geographic areas, complexes, installations, forces, equipment, capabilities, functions, individuals, groups, systems, or behaviors that will not have action planned against them Attacking these may violate LOAC or…

…JFCC-GS optimizes planning, execution, and force management for the assigned missions of deterring attacks against the US, its territories, and installations. 5. United States Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (SCC-WMD…

…Fire support, intelligence, and operations personnel decide what targets to look for, where the targets can be found in the operational environment, who can locate those targets, and how the targets should be attacked based on…

…are evaluated, progress toward objectives is measured, and recommendations for future action extending beyond simple physical re-attack are made. In one sense, TA is “historical” or “confirmatory”—it tells what has happened, as an aid…

…These describe the target’s vulnerability to detection, engagement, or attack in relation to a time horizon. Because target priority and accessibility can change rapidly, this time factor can help determine when and how to find…

…In air defense, an attack with guns or air-to-air missiles by an interceptor aircraft, or the launch of an air defense missile by air defense artillery and the missile’s subsequent travel to intercept…

…Because of DISA’s expertise in developing, maintaining and protecting US information methods, they may prove useful in developing targeting strategies to attack enemy information methods and systems. Unified Commands Functional Unified Command Joint Intelligence Centers…

…It is the measured allocation of available combat power to such tasks as limited attacks, defense, delays, deception, or even retrograde operations to achieve mass elsewhere at the decisive point and time. f. Unity of Command…

…Recommendations may range from a simple, near-immediate re- attack call from the COD to advising a major change in campaign strategy, depending upon the level of assessment involved. They may include such things as shifting…

…Vulnerable things are those that can be attacked or otherwise affected with relative ease. Thorough analysis should reveal “critical vulnerabilities,” if they exist. These are elements of the adversary’s system that are both critical and…

…IOT personnel can assist targeteers in identifying key enemy nodes and in weaponeering and assessment for non-kinetic attacks. ESTABLISHING FEDERATED AND REACHBACK RELATIONSHIPS Targeting is, by nature, a cooperative effort. So is the intelligence support…

…Thus the momentum of one skilled in war is overwhelming and his attack prompt. —Sun Tzu