IPB for Counterinsurgency

Abstract

Throughout the course of military history, intelligence has had to adapt to changes in the methodology of warfare. The intelligence cycle, with all of its analytical tools, informs the friendly commander of the course of a battle and potentially, the outcome of a war. With changes in tactics and settings, intelligence tools should be updated and revised in order to produce maximum effects during different kinds of conflict. The Army adopted the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) process in order to organize intelligence tools and ensure that all aspects of warfare are analyzed and contingencies examined. FM 34-130 provides tools to be used by analysts that prepare intelligence for aspects of the battlefield to include terrain, weather, enemy capabilities and order of battle. These are basic tools that are crucial to warfare of any type.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494914

Entities

People

  • Kimberly Groves

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battlefields
  • Battles
  • Communities
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Demography
  • Doctrine
  • Identities
  • Information Operations
  • Insurgency
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Order Of Battle
  • Perception
  • Political Science
  • Psychological Operations
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Systems Analysis and Design