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…It prepares for possible contingencies based on the best available information and uses forces and resources apportioned in strategic planning documents. It relies heavily on assumptions about political and military circumstances that will exist when the…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 41 REFERENCES All websites accessed 05 April 2026. US AIR FORCE DOCTRINE: https://www.doctrine.af.mil/  AFDP 1, The Air Force  AFDP 2-0, Intelligence …

…C2 in Littoral Areas (1) Controlled littoral areas often offer the best positions from which to begin, sustain, and support joint operations, especially in operational areas with limited or poor infrastructure for supporting US joint operations…

18 August 2014 ATP 2-33.4 A-1 Appendix A Emerging Analytic Techniques This appendix discusses some of the more common techniques in use at the strategic and operational levels. The techniques often incorporate multiple…

…JOAs are particularly useful when operations are limited in scope and geographic area or when operations are to be conducted on the boundaries between theaters. (2) Joint Special Operations Area. A JSOA is an area of…

71 Ideally, target development should support an OPLAN or CONPLAN, which provides required targeting guidance and forms the basis for a JAOP that can be used in actual conflict. In reality, the US often enters contingencies…

…Weaponeering for space (non-terrestrial) targets is conducted by the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC), in conjunction with US Space Command.31 The 616th Operations Center coordinates solutions for cyberspace targets in conjunction with United States…

78 Limiting the number of datums used in theater is the obvious solution. However, as this is not always possible, especially in coalition operations, targeteers must be aware of the different datum needs of all the…

…The JFC seeks decisive advantage through the use of all available elements of combat power to seize and maintain the initiative, deny the enemy the opportunity to achieve its objectives, and generate in the enemy a…