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21st Century U.S. Army Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace for Theater Missile Defense (FM 3-01.16) - Multiservice Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
21st Century US Army Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace for Theater Missile Defense Multiservice Tactics Techniques and Procedures - FM 3-01.16 Author:Department of Defense This is the latest edition of an important U.S. Army field manual (FM) covering the intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB). Some highlights of the contents: "Multiservice Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Theater Missile Defense Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace - Theater missile defense intelligence preparation ... more »of the battlespace (TMD IPB) is a systematic, continuous process of analyzing the adversary theater missile (TM) force and environment in a specific geographic area and the battlespace around it. By determining the likely adversary TM force courses of action (COAs) and their associated branches and sequels and by describing the environment where TM forces are operating, this TMD IPB process helps the commander and staff selectively apply and maximize combat power at critical points in time and space in the battlespace. Applied properly, TMD IPB provides for the timely and effective suppression and/or destruction of a TM force, while minimizing the use of friendly assets for the TMD mission. This provides the commander and staff with a cost-effective method for providing force protection from an adversary's TM force. A large number of adversary countries possess or are trying to acquire TMs for prestige and/or military purposes. TMs have the potential to give adversaries military advantages against the United States (US) and allied forces. The TM threat these adversaries present is a complex multi-dimensional intelligence problem. To develop potential adversary TM COAs, the TMD IPB procedures concept decomposes and correlates the "who and what (equipment and units); where (infrastructure); when, why, and how (operations)." Typically TM forces are equipped, organized, trained, and employed differently. Many of these differences are relatively minor, while some are more dramatic. TMD IPB uses templating to standardize the process of analyzing adversary TM forces. Templates can be in the form of text, tables, forms, or graphics. Templates in this publication provide a starting framework for analysis and development. They are not meant to be all encompassing, and they should be adapted for a particular geographic area or situation. TMD IPB is a continuous process consisting of four major iterative and parallel steps." This manual is produced by Headquarters, US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). It is fully illustrated with numerous line drawings.« less