tsa

…Also called TSA. (Approved for incorporation into JP 1-02.) target system assessment. The broad assessment of the overall impact and effectiveness of the full spectrum of military force applied against the operation of an enemy…

…Target system analysis (TSA), as its name implies, approaches targets and target sets as systems to determine vulnerabilities and exploitable weaknesses. Targeteers review how a functional target system works as a whole and analyze the interactions…

…Entity-level target development builds on TSA and generally occurs in three stages: basic, intermediate, and advanced. Each stage is defined by a minimum set of essential data required to progress a target from initial identification…

…The purpose of a TSA is to identify targeting strategies that enable a JFC to use targeting to accomplish objectives and to identify high value and high payoff targets that underpin those strategies. Targeteers should consider…

…In some targeting methodologies, such as TSA discussed in Chapter Two, targeteers derive notional objectives based on tasks their theater is likely to receive and they base their target development on these objectives. Such a technique…