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…An example of a counterproductive consequence entails injury or collateral damage to persons or objects unrelated to the intended target. Conversely, some unforeseen effects may create opportunities that the joint force can exploit to help accomplish…

…Physical security includes physical measures designed to safeguard personnel; to prevent unauthorized access to equipment, installations, material, and documents; and to safeguard them against espionage, sabotage, damage, and theft. The physical security process includes determining vulnerabilities…

…Effective CID procedures help minimize fratricide and collateral damage. (a) Depending on operational requirements, CID characterization may be limited to, “friend,” “enemy/hostile,” “neutral,” or “unknown.” In some situations, additional characterizations may be required including, but…

…Since these considerations may carry increased risk of mission failure, collateral damage, or even harm to friendly troops, commanders must weigh the potential benefits gained by prosecuting the target quickly. Whenever possible, COD personnel should work…

…Malicious damage to industrial products or factory machinery. Table B-9. Improvised explosive device indicators, observables, and signatures Indicators of Basic Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Indicators, Observables, and Signatures Vehicles following convoys for a long distance…

…Items to be considered in the risk assessment include: › Risk to friendly forces (fratricide), risk to non-combatants, and collateral damage potential. › LOAC and ROE compliance. › Increased risk to attacking forces due to accelerated planning and…

…However, this is distinctly different from the incidental injury that may be caused to civilians or civilian objects as a result of an attack on a valid military target (collateral damage). Collateral damage is an issue…

…identify not just who or what to target but, if targeted, what loss will cause the most damage to the network. The ultimate success is to remove sufficient critical nodes simultaneously or nearly, so the network…

…Missions are flown the following day, and battle damage assessment indicates the bridges are damaged sufficiently to prevent foot and vehicle traffic, the typical desired effect for this type of target. 12 hours later the joint…

…When conducting military operations, positive steps and precautions must be taken to avoid excessive incidental civilian casualties and damage to civilian property. The extent of danger to the civilian population varies with the type of military…

120 considering target vulnerability, weapons effect, munitions delivery accuracy, damage criteria, probability of kill, and weapon reliability. (JP 1-02) [Weaponeering is the part of the tasking process for estimating the quantity and types of lethal…

…A delay at the outset of combat may damage US US Marines assigned to a Landing Force participate in a live fire amphibious landing exercise on Binturan Beach, Brunei during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Brunei…

…For additional information on NSLs and CDE methodology reference CJCSI 3160.01, No Strike and the Collateral Damage Estimation Methodology. Joint force targeting during such situations is driven by the principle of proportionality, so that otherwise…

…Unless otherwise prohibited by ROE, attacks are not prohibited against military targets even if they might cause incidental injury or damage to civilians or civilian objects. In spite of precautions, such incidental casualties are inevitable during…

…Collateral Damage. Collateral Damage is a form of collateral effect that causes unintentional or incidental injury or damage to persons or objects that would not be lawful military targets in the circumstances ruling at the time…

…Collateral damage is a second order effect. Collateral damage estimation (CDE) is a process normally performed by trained and certified personnel at various echelons. CDE is intended to characterize the level and extent of collateral damage…

…Often, there are both cumulative and cascading components to effects, as when an enemy unit “breaks” in combat due to accumulated physical and psychological damage, but fails catastrophically at some point, affecting other units around it…

39 to achieve desired effects while avoiding unacceptable collateral damage. All approved targets are weaponeered to include at least the following: › Target identification and description. › Recommended aim points/DPIs. › Desired level(s) of damage, degradation, or…

…A physical damage assessment is an estimate of the quantitative extent of physical damage (through munitions blast, fragmentation, or fire damage) to a target element based on observed or interpreted damage. Physical damage assessment is the…

…Intermediate damage definitions are dependent on target type and the ease of assessing damage. For example, in buildings, LIGHT, MODERATE, and SEVERE damage is determined by the percent of the target area (building) damaged. In contrast…