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…Likely threat decisive effort. Massing of indirect fire support assets. May indicate initiation of main effort. Extensive artillery preparation of up to 50 minutes in duration or longer. Initiates preparation preceding an attack. Dispersal of tanks…

…A TST is a JFC-validated target or set of targets of such high importance to the accomplishment of the JFC’s mission and objectives, or that presents such a significant strategic or operational threat to…

…GLOBAL INTEGRATION Global integration enables the joint force to act in a coordinated manner against transregional adversaries and threats. Since airpower can deliver effects across vast distances, a target’s geographic location is often less important…

…These operations typically begin with significant military involvement, to include some combat, and then move increasingly toward enabling civil authority as the threat wanes and civil infrastructures are reestablished. As progress is made, military forces will…

…Intelligence provides information that helps decision makers devise protection measures to mitigate these threats. c. Joint Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment (1) JFCs use a broad range of supporting capabilities to develop a current intelligence…

…Additionally, all indigenous governmental, civil, and security organizations had been infiltrated by threat groups. Essential services were in disarray and security was a constant problem. The attitude of the population toward U.S. forces was mixed…

…AFOSI is also a combat ready military organization that provides the USAF a wartime capability to conduct counter-threat operations, including counterespionage, counterterrorism, and other force protection activities. AFOSI is the USAF's focal point for…

…National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) is the sole national center for integrated intelligence analysis on air and space systems, forces, and threats. It assesses current and projected foreign air and space capabilities and intentions…

…NASIC produces integrated and predictive air, space, and specialized intelligence supporting military operations while also enabling forces to avoid technological surprise by countering existing and evolving air and space threats. Air Combat Command (ACC) is the…

…Fiscal independence also adds credence to a country’s verbal threats and political and economic influence. Other Resources 4-50. If a country commits a scarce resource to support a military action, it may indicate the…

…COA course of action COCOM combatant command (command authority) COG center of gravity COIN counterinsurgency CONOPS concept of operations CONUS continental United States COP common operational picture CS civil support CT counterterrorism CTF counter threat finance

…This concept requires an extremely high-fidelity model of the threat to provide a heretofore-unknown situational awareness capability to support effective targeting. Saying that targeting is estimative and anticipatory—"predictive," in a very limited sense…

…assist DOD with preventing, deterring, detecting, locating, tracking, targeting, and mitigating the effects of WMD systems or threats. For additional details, see JP 3-40, Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction. 6. Joint Warfare Analysis Center. JWAC…

…This will further aid in establishing the prospective target’s priority, and may sometimes entail reclassifying a target as a TST based on its potential threat to friendly forces.

…In the forward regions outside US territories, the objective is to detect and deter threats to the homeland before they arise and to defeat these threats as early as possible when so directed. For detailed guidance…

…IGOs and NGOs will likely participate if they perceive that mutual sharing of information aids their work and is not a threat to their neutrality. c. Cultural Awareness. The social, economic, and political environments in which…

…This environment is fluid, with continually changing alliances, partnerships, and new national and transnational threats constantly appearing and disappearing. In addition to traditional conflicts, to include emerging peer competitors, significant challenges continue to include irregular warfare…

…Figure 5-6 shows a simple example of nodes and links in a threat’s air defense system. The air defense system (a node in the military system) and its radars and missiles (nodes in the…

…The Services, as well as the Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness (JTCG/ME), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC), and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), have developed a number of…

…A target may be both “time-sensitive” due to posing an immediate threat and “sensitive” depending on engagement option. An example of both is a ballistic missile threat planned for engagement with a collateral damage estimate…