A Comparative Overview of OPFOR and FFOR Decision Cycles for Battlefield Deception Planning

Abstract

This report reviews available open-source literature on U.S. Army and Soviet style tactical operations. Findings have been synthesized to provide battlefield deception planners with an overview of decision cycles and information flow processes used by these respective military organizations. The report includes a section comparing differences between U.S. operations planning and Soviet troop control at the tactical level from an information processing perspective. Implications for use of this type of knowledge for battlefield deception planning are suggested. Soviet decision cycle, Soviet troop control, U.S. decision cycle, Battlefield deception, Opposing Force(OPFOR), U.S. Army - Friendly Force(FFOR).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA221199

Entities

People

  • Alfons L. Broz
  • Allen L. Zaklad
  • John P. Bulger
  • Kenneth L. Moan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Control Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Environment
  • Executives
  • Human Intelligence
  • Information Processing
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Reconnaissance
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design