Apportion or Divert? The JFC's Dilemma: Asset Availability for Time-Sensitive Targeting

Abstract

Joint Force Commanders have shown a keen interest in Time-Sensitive Targets (TST) and the process used to attack them. Determining how best to provide assets in order to hold TST's at risk has become a source of disagreement among and within services. Yet, discussion most often remains focused at the operational-tactical level, especially on C4ISR equipment and links between them. The targeting process already includes specific venues appropriate to a higher-level examination of the JFC's intent with regards to the threat and opportunities presented by TST. The Joint Targeting Coordination Board is one such venue. There, the AOC's Strategy Division can solicit the JFC's TST guidance and present options for providing assets for use against TST. The primary methods will either be apportioning dedicated assets to TST or utilizing clear priorities for diverting assets already planned against other targets. A number of key questions must be answered and then presented to the forces in an easily-understandable manner. The Air Operations Directive (AOD) provides such a vehicle, if the JFC's answers are included within it.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 04, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401018

Entities

People

  • John P. Mcdonnell

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Security
  • Targeting
  • Targets
  • Task Forces
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • Time Sensitive Targets
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.