Air and Missile Defense and Effects Based Targeting
Abstract
The impetus of this paper stems from my course of study at the Command and General Staff College and is due primarily by the faculty of the Command and General Staff College and the Air Defense Artillery Observer Controller Team from the Battle Command Training Program at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. While at the College, I gained a greater appreciation of the targeting process and the apparent lack of targeting within Air Defense Doctrine. In many discussions of the topic, I concluded that Air Defense Artillery could benefit from the inclusion of the targeting methodology into Air and Missile Defense doctrine particularly at the tactical level. The question became how to prove it. The School of Advanced Military Studies provided the opportunity to delve into the topic. My hope is the Air and Missile Defense community will consider the formal adoption of the targeting methodology. I further hope that this study will be the start of a change in Air and Missile Defense doctrine that will ultimately cause a deepening of integration and synchronization of Air and Missile Defense throughout the joint and Army fire support system. I would like to thank MAJ Elliott Bales, ADA, USA, LTC Kowalski, FA, USMC, LTC Robert Hansen, FA, USA, LTC Kevin Vallandingham, ADA, USA, LTC Jerry Scott, AV, USA, and LTC Robert Johnson, FA, USA. All of these great officers assisted and encouraged me as I conducted my research, and as I stumbled through my time at Leavenworth'. Most of all, I would like to thank my wife, Lenora, and my three wonderful children. Through patience and love, they allowed me to complete this paper and my year at SAMS. Their sacrifices are not unnoticed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA403596
Entities
People
- Dennis K. Kater
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College