Multiservice Procedures for Joint Theater Missile Target Development
Abstract
The quote for Basil Collier reminds us that conducting offensive operations against theater missiles has never been an easy task. The Coalition's troubles in finding Saddam Hussein's Scuds during DESERT STORM are reminiscent of the difficulties faced by the Allies in locating Nazi V-1 cruise missiles and V-2 ballistic missiles during World War II. Today our National Military Strategy recognizes that 'the proliferation of theater missiles is one of the greatest dangers to U.S. national interest and global security and will remain so into the foreseeable future'. Joint Publication 3-01.5, Doctrine for Joint Theater Missile Defense, states 'the preferred method of countering enemy theater missile (TM) operations is to attack and destroy or disrupt TMs prior to their launch'. Recognition of the importance of this threat, the doctrinal preference for attack operations, and the historical difficulty in achieving successful attacks against TMs were the impetus for producing this publication. Many of the problems in locating mobile missiles in the past can be traced to difficulties in obtaining timely information and organizing and filtering intelligence operations. This publication establishes a common framework for those individuals responsible for intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB), sensor employment, collection management, current and future operations, target development, and force application. This common framework will enable them to establish a comprehensive and coordinated approach for countering TMs through prelaunch attack operations. The focus of this publication is Joint Theater Missile Target Development (JTMTD). JTMTD is the synergistic outcome of allocating, integrating and synchronizing resources in order to identify and nominate selected targets in the TM target system for timely attack. Achieving an effective JTMTD process is a challenge for operational forces.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA404351
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army Training and Doctrine Command