…Validation is a part of target development that ensures all vetted candidate targets meet the objectives and criteria outlined in the commander’s guidance and ensures compliance with the law of war and ROE. Candidate targets…

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

…Typically, cascading effects flow throughout the levels of war and are the result of interdependencies or linkages among multiple adversary systems. (AFDD 2-1.2) causal linkage. An explanation of why an action or effect will…

…those tied to a particular conflict and those that are ongoing, performed both in peace and war. (Page 2) › Targeting is fundamentally effects-based. It is thus about more than just selecting targets for physical destruction…

…It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose.” Sun Tzu, The Art of War (circa 500 B.C.)

…JP 3-0) cold war. None. (Approved for removal from JP 1-02.) combatant commander. A commander of one of the unified or specified combatant commands established by the President. Also called CCDR. (JP 1-02…

…When presented alongside weaponeering results, a CDE informs the commander’s application of the law of war principle of proportionality to assess the risk to mission and strategic risk due to collateral damage. 4. Attrition Calculations…

80 both peace and in war. See Appendix B for more information on these units and agencies. EQUIPPING TARGETING ORGANIZATIONS The forces the COMAFFOR presents to the CFC should include all the equipment they require to…

…CJCSI 5810.01C, Implementation of the DOD Law of War Program. f. CJCS Manual 3122.01A, Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) Volume I (Planning Policies and Procedures). g. JP 1, Doctrine for the Armed…

…The procedures and processes that comprise targeting form the core of how the Air Force and the joint force as a whole fights at the operational-level of war. Targeting, however, is but one component of…

…a device that provides a function that contributes to a target system’s capability. “It is not the object of war to annihilate those who have given provocation for it, but to cause them to mend…

…Airmen today are serving in a time of consequence marked by the rapid evolution of the character of war and increasingly formidable competitors challenging our freedom of maneuver and freedom of action. The United States Air…

…A fully developed target must comply with national and command guidance, law of war, and the applicable ROE to be engaged. Phase 2 is comprised of three steps: (a) Target system analysis; (b) Entity-level target…

…Functions that are common to joint operations at all levels of war fall into six basic groups—command and control (C2), intelligence, fires, movement and maneuver, protection, and sustainment. The joint functions reinforce and complement one…

…Operational areas include, but are not limited to, such descriptors as AOR, theater of war, theater of operations, JOA, AOA, joint special operations area (JSOA), and AO. “US military power today is unsurpassed on the land…

Executive Summary xiii integrates ends, ways, and means, while accounting for risk, across the levels of war. requires a broad vision, the ability to anticipate, and the skill to plan, prepare, execute, and assess. It helps…

…The SJA advises the JFC and other staff members on applicable international and domestic laws, legal custom and practice, multilateral and bilateral agreements with host nations, law of war issues, compliance and interpretation of the ROE…

…The protection offered civilians carries a strict obligation on the part of civilians not to take direct part in armed combat, become combatants, or engage in acts of war. Civilians engaging in combat or otherwise taking…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 9 SPECIFIC TARGETING RESTRICTIONS Targeting restrictions under LoW prohibit intentional attacks on civilians, civilian populations, and protected entities such as the wounded, sick, prisoners of war, medical units, religious…

…SCOPE Air Force assets (people, weapons, and support systems) can be used across the range of military operations at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war. This AFDD discusses the fundamentals of organization and employment…