Global Strike JIC

1 1 Global Strike

2 Joint Integrating Concept

3 Version 1.0

23 10 January 2005

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24 Table of Contents 25 26 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...... iii 271. Purpose...... 1-1 282. Scope...... 2-1 29 2.1 Concept Definition...... 2-1 30 2.2 Potential Risks...... 2-2 31 2.2.1. Science and Technology...... 2-3 32 2.2.2. Enemy Counter Strategies...... 2-3 33 2.2.3. DOTMLPF...... 2-4 34 2.3 Military Operations Relationships to Other Joint Concepts...... 2-4 35 2.4 Applicable Military Functions and Activities...... 2-5 36 2.5 Assumptions...... 2-7 37 2.6 Relationships to Other Joint Concepts...... 2-7 38 2.7 Impact of Strategic Guidance...... 2-8 393. Central and Supporting Ideas...... 3-1 40 3.1 Statement of the Military Problem to Be Solved...... 3-1 41 3.2 Central Idea...... 3-4 42 3.3 Application of Concept within a Campaign Framework...... 3-5 434. Capabilities, Tasks and Attributes...... 4-1 44 4.1 Capabilities and Tasks...... 4-1 45 4.1.1 Preparation...... 4-1 46 4.1.1.1 Monitor Potential Adversaries...... 4-1 47 4.1.1.2 Plan...... 4-3 48 4.1.2 Enabling...... 4-5 49 4.1.2.1 Joint Command and Control (JC2)...... 4-5 50 4.1.2.2 Net-Centric (NC) Operations...... 4-7 51 4.1.3 Execution...... 4-8 52 4.1.3.1 Global Strike...... 4-8 53 4.1.3.2 Assess and Report...... 4-10 54 4.2 Attributes...... 4-11 555. Implications...... 5-1 56 5.1 Capability Based Assessment...... 5-1 57 5.1.1 Within Functional Areas...... 5-1 58 5.1.2 Across Functional Areas...... 5-1 59 5.1.3 Among Different JICs...... 5-1 60 5.2 Concept Experimentation...... 5-2 61 5.3 Limited Focus...... 5-2 62 63 Appendix A, Reference Documents 64 Appendix B, Glossary 65 Appendix C, Capabilities, Tasks, and Attributes Table 66 Appendix D, Illustrative CONOPS 67

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DISCLAIMER

In some cases, this JIC may contain titles or language similar to existing or planned

future programs, solutions, solution sets, etc. In those situations, the language is used to

facilitate a common understanding of conceptual elements or fundamental capabilities

only. In addition, Appendix D contains an illustrative CONOPS that refers to many

programs, solutions, solution sets, etc. The references in Appendix D are for illustrative

purposes only. References in the JIC are not to be used as justification for those

programs or solution sets. An analytically supported Capability Based Assessment

(CBA) is required to determine the suitability of a variety of solutions or solution sets to

support the capabilities specified in this JIC.

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69 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

70 The Joint Concept Development and Revision Plan (JCDRP) defines a Joint

71Integrating Concept (JIC) as a description of how a joint force commander (JFC)

72integrates capabilities 10-20 years in the future to generate effects and achieve an

73objective. A JIC includes an illustrative Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for a specific

74scenario (vignette) and a set of distinguishing principles applicable to a range of

75scenarios. JICs have the narrowest focus of all concepts, and distill capabilities derived

76from Joint Operating Concepts (JOCs) and Joint Functional Concepts into fundamental

77tasks and measures required to conduct Capability Based Assessment (CBA).

78 This paper describes a concept for conducting Global Strike (GS) operations during

79the “Seize the Initiative” (STI) phase of a major combat operation (MCO) in 2015. The

80principle purpose of this concept is to support rigorous capabilities-based assessment and

81analysis to determine materiel and non-materiel solutions to capability gaps and

82redundancies throughout the Department of Defense. As the basis for performing this

83assessment, this concept identifies effects, capabilities, tasks, attributes, conditions, and

84standards for conducting future Global Strike.

85 Within the context of this concept, GS is defined as responsive joint operations that

86strike enemy high value / payoff targets (HVTs/HPTs), as an integral part of joint force

87operations conducted to gain and maintain battlespace access, achieve other desired

88effects and set conditions for follow-on decisive operations to achieve strategic and

89operational objectives. This concept identifies and describes the capabilities for

90conducting Global Strike operations in 2015 and is consistent with and does not deviate

91from current strategic guidance.

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92 This concept integrates primarily the military functions of force application,

93command and control, battlespace awareness, net-centric operations, protection, and

94focused logistics. Each of these is described in a separate Joint Functional Concept. This

95concept complements and does not duplicate those concepts. It will describe the

96integration of those functions for Global Strike operations and will discuss individual

97functions only if unique to Global Strike. The types of military operations that could be

98conducted during Global Strike are described in various Joint Operating Concepts and

99other JICs. This concept is under the Major Combat Operations-Seize the Initiative-

100Operational Access rubric with interdependencies among all of the Joint Integrating

101Concepts. This concept focuses on how Global Strike operations will enhance and enable

102these JICs and discusses the actual conduct of those operations only if unique to Global

103Strike.

104 The GS JIC envisions the joint force commander employing joint capabilities

105anywhere in the world, through and in any domain, at the time of his choosing to

106neutralize or destroy high value / payoff targets (HVTs/HPTs) in support of joint force

107efforts to achieve the following effects:

108  Freedom to operate and freedom from attack (gain and maintain operational

109 access)

110  Enemy’s will or capabilities significantly reduced

111  Conditions set for decisive operations

112 Global Strike operations will be executed anywhere in the world using CONUS-

113based, forward-based, or deployed forces in a joint planning and execution environment

114with short timelines.

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1151. Purpose

116 The Joint Concept Development and Revision Plan defines a Joint Integrating

117Concept (JIC) as a description of how a joint force commander (JFC) integrates

118capabilities 10-20 years in the future to generate effects and achieve an objective. A JIC

119includes an illustrative CONOPS for a specific scenario (vignette) and a set of

120distinguishing principles applicable to a range of scenarios. JICs have the narrowest

121focus of all concepts, and distill capabilities derived from Joint Operating Concepts

122(JOCs) and Joint Functional Concepts into fundamental tasks and measures required to

123conduct CBA.

124 This paper describes a concept for conducting Global Strike operations during the STI

125phase of a major combat operation (MCO) in 2015. The principle purpose of this concept

126is to support rigorous capabilities-based assessment and analysis to determine materiel

127and non-materiel solutions to capability gaps and redundancies throughout the

128Department of Defense. As the basis for performing this assessment, this concept

129identifies effects, capabilities, tasks, attributes, conditions, and standards for conducting

130future Global Strike.

131 In addition, this concept is intended to help drive joint and service experimentation.

132When potential near-term solutions are identified, this concept will also inform the efforts

133of combatant commanders and others to improve Global Strike capabilities.

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1342. Scope

1352.1 Concept Definition

136 Within the context of this concept, Global Strike is defined as responsive joint

137operations that strike enemy high value / payoff targets (HVTs/HPTs), as an integral part

138of joint force operations conducted to gain and maintain battlespace access, achieve other

139desired effects and set conditions for follow-on decisive operations to achieve strategic

140and operational objectives. This concept identifies and describes the capabilities for

141conducting Global Strike operations in 2015 and is consistent with and does not deviate

142from current strategic guidance.

143 Global Strike requires the ability to prepare, enable, and execute operations to achieve

144operational and strategic effects. Effects-based analysis, planning, targeting and

145execution combine to support attacks on HVTs / HPTs, shape the information domain,

146and support setting the conditions for follow-on, decisive operations. This target set will

147include weapons of mass destruction and weapons of mass effect (WMD/WME)

148production, storage, and delivery capabilities, critical command and control facilities,

149anti-access capabilities (radars, surface-to-air missile sites, theater ballistic missile sites),

150adversary leadership, populace perception, and key nodes. In order to engage these

151targets, the joint force will require the capability to find, fix, track, and target moving

152targets. Global Strike operations will generate effects through lethal, non-lethal, kinetic,

153and non-kinetic attacks.

154 Because one of the essential effects of Global Strike is gaining and maintaining

155operational access for follow-on operations, early Global Strike operations must occur in

156an anti-access environment. These operations must not only overcome access barriers

157such as distance, physical hardening, and active and passive defenses, but also set

158conditions for other forces to operate freely. Although this JIC is set in an anti-access

159environment, the identified capabilities are also applicable in lower threat conditions.

160 Global Strike operations will normally be executed within compressed timelines

161(from seconds to days) while exerting persistent effects at potentially great distances from

162the continental United States and forward bases. These operations will include attacks

163against fleeting, “time-sensitive targets.” Global Strike operations must be executable

164without requiring establishment of a large logistical footprint.

1652.2 Potential Risks

166 If events unfold as described in this concept, there may be several associated

167risks. For this discussion, these risks fall into three broad categories as listed in the

168following sections: Science and Technology; Enemy Counter Strategies; and Doctrine,

169Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, and Facilities

170(DOTMLPF).

1712.2.1. Science and Technology

172  Advances in the Global Information Grid (GIG) do not integrate cross-service,

173 horizontally, or vertically

174  US and multinational force weapons development efforts prove inadequate to

175 overcome adversary use of hardened and deeply buried facilities to protect key

176 capabilities

177  An inability to field capabilities that can find, fix, track, target, and engage

178 (F2T2E) moving targets responsively

179  An inability of all US forces to share a common operating picture (COP)

180 throughout the battlespace

181  An adversary will weaponize space to deny access

182  Effects-based assessment capability is limited or technologically incapable of

183 providing useful information for dynamic tasking

1842.2.2. Enemy Counter Strategies

185  Adversary advances in camouflage, concealment and deception (CCD)

186 capabilities may outpace US and multinational capabilities to find, fix, track, and

187 target items of interest

188  Adversary advances in computer network defense (CND) capabilities may

189 outpace US and multinational capabilities to penetrate adversary computer

190 networks

191  Adversary anti-access capability development exceeds US ability to counter

192  Adversary employs GIG and COP denial capabilities including computer network

193 (CNA) and high-altitude electromagnetic pulse / electromagnetic pulse

194 (HEMP/EMP) attack

1952.2.3. DOTMLPF

196  Inter-service training does not keep up with doctrinal improvements

197  Logistics throughput proves inadequate for ten-day STI persistence

198  Inadequate basing for forward deployed/based capabilities

1992.3 Military Operations Relationships to Other Joint Concepts

200 Within the context of this concept, GS is specifically linked to the MCO JOC;

201however, the capabilities identified in this concept apply across the range of military

202operations. This concept is also relevant to the Homeland Security (HLS), Stability

203Operations (SO), and Strategic Deterrence (SD) JOCs.

204 GS capabilities such as surveillance, reconnaissance, intelligence, planning and strike

205support Homeland Security activities including the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).

206These same capabilities can also be essential for supporting Stability Operations. An

207example of the latter is striking a fleeting insurgency target in eastern Afghanistan with

208little warning.

209 Maintaining GS capabilities in a constant readiness state and regularly demonstrating

210these capabilities contributes to achieving strategic deterrence. The adversary’s

211perception of US awareness of its activities, our capability of denying him benefits and/or

212imposing unacceptable costs, and our willingness to do so may induce restraint.

2132.4 Applicable Military Functions and Activities

214 GS operations require the capabilities to effectively plan, control, and execute from

215and to anywhere in the world in any domain (land, sea, air, space and cyber-space) to

216generate strategic and operational effects. These capabilities cut across the family of the

217Joint Functional Concepts – Battlespace Awareness (BA), Command and Control (JC2),

218Force Application (FA), Net Centric (NC), and to a lesser degree Protection (P) and

219Focused Logistics (FL).

220 The Joint Staff will assess the tasks identified in this concept to identify capability

221shortfalls and redundancies. Six of the eight Functional Capability Boards (FCBs) will

222perform this CBA on the tasks relevant to each functional area. Appendix C summarizes

223the critical Global Strike capabilities and tasks, and indicates which FCB(s) should be

224primary assessor(s) for each task.

225 The Battlespace Awareness FCB should focus assessment efforts on capabilities that:

226support command and control of BA assets; execute collection actions; exploit and

227analyze collected intelligence; model, simulate and forecast adversary actions; and

228manage knowledge and actionable intelligence for decision-makers in support of GS

229missions.

230 The Joint Command and Control FCB should focus assessment efforts on capabilities

231that reduce decision-making cycle timelines, increase joint planning commonalities, and

232enhance Service component interdependencies. JC2 will also assess capabilities that

233enable positive C2 throughout all aspects of GS operations, from posturing and deploying

234forces and assets through the killchain (Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, and Assess)

235emphasizing persistence and responsiveness.

236 The Force Application FCB should focus assessment efforts on capabilities that

237increase hard and deeply buried target (kinetic and functional) kill, agent defeat

238(neutralization), surface moving target (land and sea), CNA, information operations and

239stealth improvements capabilities, and reduce planning cycle times to facilitate time-

240critical targeting throughout the AOR.

241 The Net-Centric FCB should focus assessment efforts on capabilities (technical and

242knowledge) that form the basis for a globally synchronized, interdependent joint force

243with common situational awareness/understanding.

244 The Protection FCB should focus assessment efforts on capabilities that prevent

245enemy disruption of US and allied operations, specifically airborne, ballistic and cruise

246missile defense, CND, information protection, and survive-to-operate in a WMD/WME

247environment.

248 The Focused Logistics FCB should concentrate assessment efforts on capabilities

249needed to deploy, sustain, and enable Global Strike forces for the ten-day STI phase of an

250MCO.

2512.5 Assumptions

252 An assumption is a condition necessary for the concept to succeed / be valid that

253cannot be proven through available evidence. The following assumptions apply for this

254concept:

255 The 1-4-2-1 force sizing construct remains in effect

256 The Global War on Terrorism continues

257 The 2012 Baseline Security Posture is extant and remains valid

258 For this JIC, Global Strike operations will occur within the 10-30-30 Defense

259 Strategy timelines

260 The GIG and COP exist and are functioning at all levels

2612.6 Relationships to Other Joint Concepts

262 This concept focuses on Global Strike operations with an explicit recognition of the

263overlap with other JICs. For example, Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) and

264Global Strike JICs both identify attacking airborne targets as a key capability. The task

265of destroying anti-access systems to enable “freedom to operate” and “freedom from

266attack” reside in both concepts, but its offensive nature is emphasized in the Global Strike

267JIC. Conversely, defending against airborne attack receives greater emphasis in the

268IAMD JIC.

269 Another example of common tasks is the interrelationship among the operations

270described in the Global Strike JIC and the Seabasing, Joint Forcible Entry Operations

271(JFEO), and Joint Undersea Superiority (JUSS) JICs. Global Strike capabilities will help

272establish air superiority and set other conditions necessary for successful implementation

273of Seabasing and JFEO. Once in place, sea based forces and capabilities can be

274employed to engage HVT/HPT or to support Global Strike operations. These forces will

275depend, in turn, on the capabilities described in the JUSS JIC, as well as the capabilities

276described in this concept, for freedom to operate and freedom from attack. The

277complementary nature of these JICs reinforces the interdependent nature of joint force

278operations.

279 2.7 Impact of Strategic Guidance

280 The Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) contains defense strategy and the guidance

281for key planning and programming priorities to execute that strategy. The DPG presents

282the Secretary of Defense’s strategic plan for developing and employing future forces. The

283following extract from the 2004 DPG underscores several key elements of this concept:

284the transition to a campaign to swiftly defeat an adversary (seize-the initiative), the

285requirement to project power over potentially long distances, and timeliness

286(responsiveness).

288 (U) Experience has taught us that the best way to defend the United States, its 289 interests abroad and its allies and friends is to defeat aggression at its source. As 290 a result, a central element of our defense strategy is to: 291 292  Rapidly transition from a posture of forward deterrence into a joint campaign 293 aimed at swiftly defeating the efforts of adversaries who would seek to impose 294 their will on us or our allies and friends, while preserving the option of 295 decisively defeating any one adversary – to include changing its regime and 296 occupying its territory. 297 298 (U) The new defense strategy requires forces with strategic agility capable of 299 bringing power to bear over long distances in a timely fashion while conducting 300 an active defense of US territory. 301 302 - Secretary’s Forward to the 2004 Defense Planning Guidance (p. 2)

304 The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) provides a top-down look at US defense

305strategy, taking into account the world environment, threats, current forces and programs,

306and the resources likely to be available. The following extract from the 2001 QDR

307reinforces the need for responsiveness. The final sentence, calling for long-range

308precision strike capabilities, sets the stage for many of the key capabilities described in

309this concept.

310 U.S. forces will remain capable of undertaking major combat operations 311 on a global basis and will train to be effective across a wide range of combat 312 conditions and geographic settings. The focus will be on the ability to act quickly 313 when challenged and to win decisively at a time and place and in the manner of 314 the President's choosing. 315 316 For planning purposes, U.S. forces will remain capable of swiftly 317 defeating attacks against U.S. allies and friends in any two theaters of operation 318 in overlapping timeframes. Combat operations will be structured to eliminate 319 enemy offensive capability across the depth of its territory, restore favorable 320 military conditions in the region, and create acceptable political conditions for 321 the cessation of hostilities. In addition, U.S. forces will degrade an aggressor's 322 ability to coerce others through conventional or asymmetric means, including 323 CBRNE weapons. U.S. forces will fight from a forward deterrent posture with

324 immediately employable forces, including long-range precision strike capabilities 325 from within and beyond the theater, and rapidly deployable maneuver 326 capabilities. 327 328 - Quadrennial Defense Review, September 30 2001 (Chapter III, Paradigm Shift 329 in Force Planning, Major Combat Operations, P. 21)

3303. Central and Supporting Ideas

3313.1 Statement of the Military Problem to Be Solved

332 In 2015, joint forces will be required to operate anywhere in the world from the

333continental United States, forward bases, and the sea. Future US forces will require both

334greater operational reach and greater persistence than current forces. The strategic and

335operational challenges associated with executing Global Strike primarily center on two

336areas:

337 1) The ability to understand an adversary’s operational systems and methods, and his

338decision-making processes, in order to identify Center(s) of Gravity and HVTs / HPTs;

339and

340 2) The physical challenges associated with striking specific Global Strike targets.

341 Understanding an adversary’s systems, methods and decision-making processes

342requires a collaborative effort by the US military, government agencies, and

343multinational partners with significant shared responsibilities. A clear challenge is

344establishing the responsibilities, mechanisms and collaborative networks that enable

345gaining the desired level of understanding.

346 In the 2015 operational environment, the set of enemy targets most applicable for

347Global Strike (IADS, WMD/WME, TBMs, leadership, C2 infrastructure and networks,

348etc.) are likely to be employed and protected in ways that offer significant challenges to

349location, identification, and negation or destruction. Techniques to protect these high

350value assets and capabilities could include hardening, deeply burying, hiding, concealing,

351camouflaging, and the use of asymmetric or irregular tactics such as integrating

352into/hugging civilian infrastructure. The fleeting nature of many of these targets, the high

353level decision authority for select strike missions, and the potentially great physical

354distances over which reconnaissance, surveillance and/or strike assets will be required to

355operate will compound the challenge of planning and executing responsive Global Strike.

356Key challenges associated with this environment include:

357  Neutralizing or destroying HVTs / HPTs located deep in enemy territory and

358 protected by significant air and missile defense systems, hardening, or

359 burying;

360  Destroying and/or neutralizing WMD/WME capabilities without causing

361 substantial collateral damage;

362  Executing Global Strike in distant theaters on very short notice

363  Executing Global Strike (including finding and tracking) on key enemy

364 leaders or other similar fleeting (time sensitive) targets;

365  Identifying and precisely striking critical nodes and links in key adversary

366 systems.

367 Joint force commanders must be able to responsively strike high value and high

368payoff targets in this environment to effectively conduct Global Strike. Likely adversaries

369will include near-peer traditional state actors/major regional powers or transnational

370actors.

371 A traditional state actor/regional power may possess large, modern ground forces,

372supplemented by specialized paramilitary and local militias. Air and naval forces may be

373less capable than US forces, but sufficient for regional domination. It is likely that this

374adversary’s force planning, military capabilities, and strategy will be based on a

375fundamental assumption that a US-led coalition will present the most likely obstacle to its

376regional hegemony. This adversary will be expected to have significant anti-access and

377area denial capabilities with modern technologies in a number of niche areas, including

378communications, computers, intelligence, integrated air defenses, mines, submarines,

379long-range fires, unmanned aerial vehicles, WMD/WME (including nuclear weapons and

380associated delivery systems), HEMP/EMP capabilities, and access to space.

381 This adversary will attempt to counter perceived US capabilities through increased

382mobility and better distribution, miniaturization, hardening, camouflage, concealment and

383deception, and shorter exposure operating cycles. If called upon to swiftly or decisively

384defeat this adversary, the joint force will have to fight to gain and maintain operational

385access in order to seize the initiative.

386 The future security environment will also include threats to US vital interests posed

387by a variety of non-state actors, primarily in the form of transnational terrorism. Anti-

388access and area denial capabilities will proliferate and failed states will increasingly serve

389as havens for hostile non-state actors. In the context of the Global War on Terrorism

390(GWOT), the US and her multinational partners will continue efforts to deter and defeat

391WMD/WME proliferation to prevent terrorists from obtaining such weapons or

392development technologies.

393 Even in the midst of an MCO campaign, joint forces will require the capability for

394time-critical targeting in support of GWOT in an AOR far removed from the ongoing

395MCO.

396 An illustrative vignette (CONOPS) for one possible MCO scenario is provided in

397Appendix D.

3983.2 Central Idea

399 This concept describes the capabilities and tasks that will be required to achieve GS

400effects during the first ten days of an MCO campaign – specifically, the STI Phase. As

401discussed above, the capabilities needed for time-critical targeting in an AOR far

402removed from the ongoing MCO are also addressed.

403 Global Strike operations are executed against select HVTs / HPTs that support joint

404force operations to overcome adversary anti-access capabilities, produce other effects to

405achieve operational and strategic objectives, and enable follow-on decisive operations to

406defeat the adversary.

407 This concept envisions the joint force commander employing joint capabilities

408anywhere in the world through and in any domain at the time of his choosing to

409neutralize or destroy HVTs and/or HPTs in support of joint force efforts to achieve the

410following effects:

411  Freedom to operate and freedom from attack (gain and maintain operational

412 access)

413  Enemy’s will or capabilities significantly reduced

414  Conditions set for decisive operations

415 Global Strike operations will be executed anywhere in the world using CONUS-

416based, forward-based, or deployed forces in a joint planning and execution environment

417with short timelines.

4183.3 Application of Concept within a Campaign Framework

419 Within the context of a joint campaign, and focused on generating the effects

420described previously, preparation and posturing are essential to successful GS operations.

421The right forces and capabilities must be in the right place at the right time and these

422forces must be trained and prepared to responsively execute GS in support of joint force

423operations.

424 The planning conducted during preparation and posturing relies on comprehensive

425joint and inter-agency collaboration that enables shared understanding, timely and

426informed decision-making, and development of timely and accurate products related to

427Global Strike mission planning and execution. The joint force commander, along with

428DoD and other government agencies involved in Global Strike planning will use this

429collaborative information and planning environment to establish a shared view of the

430adversary’s operational systems, methods, and decision-making processes in order to

431identify center(s) of gravity (COG), critical requirements (CR), critical capabilities (CC),

432and critical vulnerabilities (CV). Collaboration enhances the ability of commanders to

433gain situational awareness and coordinate force and capability posturing to optimize the

434application of Global Strike capabilities and the effects achieved. This comprehensive

435collaboration relies on a networked information environment involving warfighters,

436government agencies, decision makers, and multinational partners.

437 Collaborative planning and networking expedites the distribution of national and

438theater level guidance and decisions, the predictive analysis underpinning Global Strike

439planning, the dissemination of operational and strategic objectives and commander’s

440intent, and the dissemination of Global Strike plans and orders.

441 Predictive analysis focuses planning on the adversary’s COGs and CCs. It helps

442identify indicators and events that will confirm the accuracy of anticipated adversary

443activities and actions. Predicted events may provide the “trigger” mechanism for

444initiating Global Strike operations. Predictive analysis also enables the identification and

445understanding of nodes, linkages within the adversary system(s), and accurate delineation

446of expected effects. This visualization and analysis requires persistent collection to

447characterize adversary systems, dependencies, and relationships.

448 Predictive analysis and planning consider all available forces and capabilities,

449including CONUS-based, forward-based and deployed forces, and all appropriate

450combinations. The analysis includes examining the various combinations of forces and

451assets available to execute a Global Strike mission against the HVT/HPT, and assessing

452the ability of each to achieve the desired effect while minimizing unintended effects.

453 The analysis and planning conducted during preparation and posturing results in

454specific actions, consistent with national and theater level guidance, which include the

455following:

456  Repositioning or reallocation of surveillance and reconnaissance assets to

457 support target tracking, identifying and assessment requirements;

458  Establishing communication links that provide required “sensor to sensor” and

459 “sensor to shooter” links and positive C2 of Global Strike missions;

460  Positioning or arranging for logistical support capabilities for

461 potential/planned missions;

462  Employing reconnaissance capabilities to support planning or future

463 execution;

464  Coordinating with multinational partners for use of airspace or territory; and

465  Posturing forces for Global Strike missions.

466 Information Operations (IO) efforts will include planning and implementing strategic

467communications and public information announcements and releases (as appropriate).

468An integral part of Global Strike preparation and posturing, IO must include measures to

469protect friendly plans and networks and deny the adversary knowledge of pending

470operations. Mission planning includes planning for assessment of effects achieved and

471dynamically tasking if required and appropriate, plus disengagement/redeployment of

472forces and assets as applicable.

473 Preparing and posturing actions set the conditions for successful execution of Global

474Strike operations. Forces and assets for specific Global Strike missions will be selected

475based on a myriad of factors including target characteristics, location and

476defensive/protection status, desired effects, time constraints or considerations, diplomatic

477considerations or limitations, and multinational involvement. Some operations may

478require minimum preparation time while others may require precise timing at some point

479in the future. Where appropriate, forward-based or deployed forces and assets can be

480used to execute strikes to enhance responsiveness, surprise, and survivability. In other

481cases, CONUS-based forces and assets may be the optimal solution for strike execution;

482however, use of these assets may complicate response and surprise challenges,

483reinforcing the need to posture these forces and assets early. Some preparation and

484posturing actions will require a national level decision for execution.

485 A unique aspect of Global Strike operations is the likelihood that forces will originate

486outside the affected regional component commander’s AOR. An organizational C2

487structure must be clearly specified to maximize mission effectiveness and minimize

488friction and “fog of war” among all HQs involved in Global Strike operations. The

489controlling HQ (JF HQ, JTF HQ, COCOM HQ, etc.) located in CONUS or in-theater

490initiates mission execution and exercises positive command and control of mission forces

491and assets through mission completion and assessment. As mentioned above, in some

492circumstances multiple HQs will control individual missions at various points in time;

493therefore command relationships throughout the entire operation must be clearly

494specified during planning.

495 The commander must establish the requisite communications links to ensure

496comprehensive “sensor-to-sensor” and “sensor-to-shooter” data flow and positive C2,

497which is made much less complex by the extant plug-and-play network. Assured

498communications with the strike forces and supporting surveillance and reconnaissance

499assets, which may include CONUS-based/launched, and forward based/deployed forces

500(air, land, sea, cyber) and combinations thereof, as well as national, interagency and

501multinational assets, is essential to maintaining positive command and control. The

502controlling HQ monitors execution of the mission, updates its analysis as the mission

503progresses, and provides mission updates and mission changes directly to strike forces,

504including the redirection of strike assets to other higher priority targets as appropriate.

505 In support of strike execution, collection assets continue to track/monitor HVTs /

506HPTs, providing continuous location and status updates, enabling the controlling HQ to

507have an immediate assessment of effects achieved, and enabling dynamic tasking (if

508required and appropriate.) IO, strategic communications, public information warnings

509and announcements may also be executed before, during and/or after strikes to enhance

510effectiveness.

511 Once achievement of the desired effect is confirmed, the controlling HQ directs and

512monitors the disengagement of forces and assets as applicable. This disengagement

513could include redeployment, transition to other Global Strike missions, or transition to

514other type missions.

5154. Capabilities, Tasks and Attributes

516 Global Strike operations rely upon three types of capabilities: preparation, enabling,

517and execution capabilities. These capabilities will be required for all phases of an

518operation; however the weight of effort will shift as planning progresses through

519execution. Each capability and task will be measured using a set of attributes specified in

520Section 4.2.

5214.1 Capabilities and Tasks

522 The capabilities and tasks required to prepare for, enable, and execute Global Strike

523operations follow. These capabilities and tasks are also listed in table format in

524Appendix C.

5254.1.1 Preparation

526 The capabilities required to prepare for Global Strike operations consist of monitoring

527potential adversaries (and others) and planning. Preparation includes both long- and

528short-term actions. Long-term preparation involves analysis of world trends with the

529goal of identifying potential future problem areas. This will reduce crisis planning

530timelines and assist with predictive analysis as well as guide shaping and deterrence

531actions. Short-term preparation deals more specifically with rapidly emerging threats and

532continues into and throughout an actual conflict. In both cases, preparation should be

533seamless and cyclical.

5344.1.1.1 Monitor Potential Adversaries

535 Successful Global Strike operations will require long-term and in-depth knowledge of

536potential adversaries. In order to achieve this, the joint force will monitor, task, and

537integrate intelligence collected from tactical, theater and national assets; analyze

538adversary culture, leadership, command and control and military capabilities; and

539predictively analyze adversary intentions, goals, and objectives.

540 Intelligence tasks supporting Global Strike include the ability to detect, identify,

541characterize and track items, activities, events, and persons worldwide. These capabilities

542require persistent observation, reconnaissance, and information collection from both open

543and clandestine sources. Collection activities must access remote and denied areas and

544defeat camouflage, concealment, and deception (CCD) through sensor positioning and

545the development of new sensing capabilities. Furthermore, these activities should be

546tailorable to enable both wide-area and narrowly focused coverage in order to find, fix,

547and continuously track specific targets.

548 As GS operations proceed, commanders will need to prioritize limited resources. This

549will require informed trade-offs between competing collection requirements.

550Commanders must have the ability to dynamically task specific collection assets and

551resources to satisfy requirements, perform higher-priority missions, and synchronize ISR

552tasks with operations.

553 In order to produce actionable intelligence for the commander, joint forces must

554retrieve, filter, combine, and display information from various sources and ensure the

555right information reaches the decision-maker in a useable format. The joint force must

556leverage technical advances to enhance intelligence information dissemination.

557 Tasks:

558  Develop adversary characterization through long-term, in-depth intelligence

559 collection and exploitation;

560  Determine adversary critical capabilities and vulnerabilities;

561  Identify, assess and mitigate intelligence gaps;

562  Process and fuse collected data into intelligence;

563  Dynamically task collection assets;

564  Find targets (moving, mobile, hardened and/or underground, concealed, critical

565 infrastructure, leadership, WMD/WME and related facilities and systems);

566  Fix targets (moving, mobile, hardened and/or underground, concealed, critical

567 infrastructure, leadership, WMD/WME, and related facilities and systems);

568  Track targets (moving and mobile); and

569  Target (moving; mobile; hardened and/or underground; concealed; critical

570 infrastructure; leadership; WMD/WME and related facilities and systems targets).

5714.1.1.2 Plan

572 Planning for Global Strike operations should begin pre-crisis and continue throughout

573MCO. Long-term, deliberate planning should be a continuous, cyclical process that

574provides the foundation for rapid, seamless transition to crisis action planning. Global

575Strike operational course of action (COA) development should be effects-based, focused

576on exploiting adversary critical vulnerabilities while considering friendly critical

577capabilities as well as collateral damage.

578 Effects-based planning for GS operations begins with commander’s intent and the

579strategic/operational objectives. Planners must collaborate with all relevant combatant

580commands, US government agencies and multinational partners. The joint force should

581leverage networking and automation to assist in planning and decision-making.

582 Planners must have the ability to predict desirable and undesirable attack

583consequences and how effects may propagate throughout an adversary’s system while

584maintaining flexibility and initiative when the unexpected occurs. This analysis will

585guide COA development as well as post-strike collection efforts to assess mission

586success.

587 Tasks:

588  Perform collaborative deliberate planning;

589  Perform collaborative crisis planning;

590  Determine commander’s intent;

591  Develop course of action;

592  Determine HVTs/HPTs;

593  Evaluate strike consequences;

594  Estimate collateral damage; and

595  Identify friendly critical capabilities.

5964.1.2 Enabling

597 Global Strike enabling capabilities support preparation and execution activities. These

598capabilities consist of Joint Command and Control (JC2) and Net-Centric (NC)

599operations. The enabling capabilities provide the joint force commander with all required

600information about the operational environment and the means to disseminate guidance

601and orders to all force echelons.

6024.1.2.1 Joint Command and Control (JC2)

603 As with all military operations, effective command and control of GS operations is

604essential. GS JC2 must be structured for the rapid dissemination and distribution of

605decisions and guidance from the President and/or Secretary of Defense. The JFC must

606have an accurate picture of the operating environment depicting all friendly forces,

607adversary forces, and neutral parties. Furthermore, the commander requires an integrated

608network and collaborative environment for disseminating orders, mission statements,

609commander’s intent, desired end states, desired effects, and desired objectives to all force

610echelons.

611 In the context of MCO, GS operations will require synchronization and coordination

612with multiple regional component commanders, multinational partners, and US

613government agencies. Multiple, and often simultaneous, GS operations may be

614distributed across one or more joint operating areas (JOAs). The forces conducting

615Global Strike may originate in one commander’s AOR, transit through one or more

616additional AORs, and achieve the intended effects in still another commander’s AOR. As

617discussed previously in Section 3.3, command relationships throughout the entire

618operation must be clearly specified and understood at all echelons.

619 Finally, considering the close relationship between Global Strike operations and

620operational/strategic objectives and the political sensitivities associated with strikes of

621this nature, the commander may in some circumstances need the capability to change or

622terminate missions after giving an execution order.

623 Tasks:

624  Identify and track all adversaries and neutrals in the JOA;

625  Identify and track all “Blue” forces in the JOA;

626  Specify command relationships for GS operations;

627  Communicate orders to all echelons;

628  Terminate/change strike missions;

629  Identify and precisely locate critical nodes and links in various adversary key

630 systems associated with important military or economic activities;

631  Improve cultural awareness to understand actions, groups, and ideologies

632 influencing the targeted regional populace; and

633  Develop an understanding of the adversary that accounts for all Political, Military,

634 Economic, Social, Infrastructure, and Informational (PMESII) factors.

6354.1.2.2 Net-Centric (NC) Operations

636 A critical enabling capability, NC operations are essential to the conduct of future

637war. GS operations will rely upon net-centricity to meet the anticipated response

638requirements and to achieve the high degree of collaboration required from planning

639through execution. The machine-machine and human-machine interfaces at the core of

640net-centricity will enable superior information flow, shorter response timelines, and more

641accurate execution within established parameters.

642 Net-centricity will allow the joint force to establish, adapt, manage, and optimize

643communications and connectivity. GS operations’ information sharing will require

644secure data transmission, transport (air waves, hard line, bandwidth “pipe,” etc.),

645reception, voice, image and video signals’ capabilities. The networks supporting joint

646forces must be scalable and adaptable. These networks must rapidly transfer and sort

647multi-level intelligence.

648 The increased net-centricity emphasis along with the associated technological

649requirements creates new vulnerabilities. Network, signals, and information protection

650and defense will be critical to NC operations.

651 Tasks:

652  Deploy network linking all joint force elements (interoperability);

653  Deploy network linking joint force with other government agencies;

654  Protect the network and data within;

655  Transfer and sort updated multi-level intelligence;

656  Adjust communications links and filters to enable establishment of required

657 “sensor to sensor” and “sensor to shooter” links;

658  Establish appropriate organizational relationships; and

659  Operate interdependently.

6604.1.3 Execution

661 Global Strike execution capabilities include actual strike mechanics (kinetic or non-

662kinetic) and effects assessment. These capabilities will characterize the joint forces

663conducting Global Strike operations and provide the commander with the information

664needed to evaluate mission results.

6654.1.3.1 Global Strike

666 Achieving effects at the time and place of our choosing is the essence of GS

667operations. These effects must be precise and scalable, and in the context of MCO,

668persistent. As discussed previously, the responsiveness required for Global Strike

669operations is situation dependent; however, in all cases, the joint force must have the

670capability to conduct and support multiple, simultaneous attacks, often at extended

671ranges. These strikes may be executed by air, ground, space, maritime, or special forces,

672and will be delivered through and into any domain.

673 The responsiveness of the joint force to Global Strike tasking will depend on force

674structure, mobility/speed, and standoff capabilities. Force structure falls into three

675categories, CONUS-based, forward stationed, and forward deployed. Mobility/speed and

676standoff capabilities are inherent characteristics of particular forces.

677 Following an execution order, GS operations can be characterized by two phases—

678maneuver and engagement. Joint forces executing Global Strikes must be capable of

679maneuvering in a robust anti-access environment. For information operations and other

680non-kinetic actions, the maneuver phase can be visualized as the events immediately

681proceeding effects delivery.

682 GS operations must be able to engage the full range of fixed, mobile, time critical,

683and specialized targets (including C2 nodes, leadership, missiles, WMD/WME, and

684HDBT). These targets will be engaged using kinetic weapons and other non-kinetic

685means based on the nature of the target and the desired effects. Adversary integrated air

686defenses and theater ballistic missiles will be engaged utilizing low-observable systems

687or other technologies to deny detection. Global Strike operations will require highly

688reliable forces capable of achieving precise effects such as biological or chemical agent

689defeat. Collateral damage must be minimized. Operating environments will include

690complex and urban terrain.

691 Tasks:

692  Posture forces (forces and facilities);

693  Position forces to engage (maneuver);

694  Engage WMD/WME production, storage, and delivery targets;

695  Neutralize WMD active agents;

696  Engage moving land targets;

697  Engage moving maritime targets;

698  Engage airborne targets;

699  Engage hard and deeply buried targets (destroy or functionally disable);

700  Engage leadership targets;

701  Attack computer networks and other IO targets;

702  Deceive, disrupt, deny, degrade, and destroy (D5) anti-access capabilities; and

703  Recover and regenerate forces.

7044.1.3.2 Assess and Report

705 Effective combat assessment is essential to GS operations. In the dynamic

706battlespace environment with changing conditions and effects prioritization, an enroute

707termination and dynamic tasking capability requirement will give the commander the

708greatest battlespace flexibility.

709 The joint force must have the capability to evaluate, via observation or other means,

710the success of GS operations. Beyond the traditional notion of battle damage assessment,

711future GS operations will also rely upon a rapid systemic analysis to evaluate not only

712first-order but also higher-order effects. Long-term evaluation, however, will also be

713required to evaluate some effects.

714 Commanders must have these mission results and make these results readily available

715to forces at all echelons.

716 Tasks:

717  Determine immediate objective results

718  Determine long-term objective results

719  Report mission status

7204.2 Attributes

721 Global Strike capabilities and tasks will be measured using the following set of

722specified attributes: Responsiveness, Survivability, Persistence, Effects Spectrum, and

723Surprise. Not all of these attributes will apply to all the capabilities and tasks described

724in this concept.

725The tables in Appendix C identify which attributes apply to each task.

7265. Implications

7275.1 Capability Based Assessment

728 The GS JIC is written to focus the CBA within the functional areas, across the

729functional areas, and across the different JICs, as discussed below.

7305.1.1 Within Functional Areas

731 Each of the tasks listed in Section 4 and Appendix C has one (or more) Functional

732Capabilities Board (FCB) assigned for assessment. However, each FCB should review

733the entire list of tasks and assess any additional tasks they deem appropriate. This

734process will help ensure that each FCB is aware of and provides the GS capabilities

735needed from their individual Joint Functional Concept.

7365.1.2 Across Functional Areas

737 The identification of critical capabilities allows a focused CBA on the end-to-end

738integration of capabilities across two or more Joint Functional Concepts. This type of

739assessment can help ensure multiple FCBs are approaching the problem in a manner that

740ensures interoperability and full integration of capabilities needed for GS operations.

7415.1.3 Among Different JICs

742 The specification of capabilities in Section 4 and Appendix C also allows a focused

743CBA on common capability needs across different concepts. This type of assessment can

744help provide insight into demands for the same capabilities outside the individual

745concept. Examples include the surveillance, reconnaissance, and attack capabilities

746needed for GS, IAMD (Offensive Counter Air operations), Joint Forcible Entry

747Operations, and Joint Undersea Superiority.

7485.2 Concept Experimentation

749 US Joint Forces Command, other combatant commands, and the Services should

750examine opportunities to conduct/sponsor experimentation, wargaming, and exercises

751centered on the concepts and capabilities identified in this Global Strike JIC.

752Observations and recommendations from these events should be sent to the lead

753developer and considered for incorporation into future versions of the concept. Proposed

754changes will be vetted through the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System

755(JCIDS) process.

7565.3 Limited Focus

757 This JIC focuses on the capabilities needed for gaining operational access, creating

758operational and strategic effects, and setting conditions for follow-on decisive operations

759in the STI Phase of an MCO. Additional concepts or future revisions of this concept

760should describe the employment of Global Strike capabilities across the entire range of

761military operations.

762 APPENDICES

763 Appendix A, Reference Documents

764Battlespace Awareness Joint Functional Concept (version 1.0), Feb 04

765CDRUSSTRATCOM CONPLAN 8022-02, Strategic Concept, 4 Jun 03

766Command and Control Joint Functional Concept (version 1.0), Feb 04

767Defense Planning Guidance, 2004-2009

768Focused Logistics Joint Functional Concept (version 1.0), Feb 04

769Force Application Joint Functional Concept (version 1.0), Feb 04

770Global Strike CONOPS, HQ ACC, 24 May 04

771Joint Concept Development and Revision Plan, 30 Jul 04

772Major Combat Operations 2, DPS

773Major Combat Operations Joint Operating Concept (version 1.0), 20 Jul 04

774Marine Corps Doctrine Pamphlet 1, Warfighting, 20 Jun 97

775National Military Strategy of the United States of America, 2004

776National Security Strategy, Sep 2002

777National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction, Dec 2002

778Protection Joint Functional Concept (version 1.0), 30 Jun 04

779Quadrennial Defense Review, 30 Sep 2001

780Strategic Deterrence Joint Operating Concept (version 1.0), Jan 04

781Strategic Planning Guidance, FY 2006-2011

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782 Appendix B, Glossary

783Part I. Abbreviations and Acronyms

784APOD Aerial Port of Debarkation

785ASAT Anti-satellite

786BA Battlespace Awareness

787BSP Baseline Security Posture

788C2 Command and Control

789CBA Capability Based Assessment

790CCD Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception

791CIE Collaborative Information Environment

792CNA Computer Network Attack

793CND Computer Network Defense

794CONUS Continental United States

795D5 Deceive, disrupt, deny, degrade, and destroy

796DPG Defense Planning Guidance

797DPS Defense Planning Scenario

798F2T2EA Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, Assess

799FA Force Application

800HDBT Hardened, Deeply Buried Target

801HLS Homeland Security

802HPT High Payoff Target

803HVT High Value Target

804IAMD Integrated Air and Missile Defense

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805ICBM Inter-continental Ballistic Missile

806IO Information Operations

807IOT In order to

808JCDRP Joint Concept Development and Revision Plan

809JFC Joint Force Commander

810JFEO Joint Forcible Entry Operations

811JIC Joint Integrating Concept

812JOA Joint Operations Area

813JOC Joint Operating Concept

814JOpsC Joint Operations Concepts

815JUSS Joint Undersea Superiority

816LOC Line of Communication

817MCO Major Combat Operation

818MRBM Medium-range Ballistic Missile

819NCA National Command Authorities

820P Protection

821QDR Quadrennial Defense Review

822SD Strategic Deterrence

823SPG Strategic Planning Guidance

824SPOD Seaport Of Debarkation

825SRBMShort-rang Ballistic Missile

826STI Seize the Initiative

827UGF Underground Facilities

828WEZ Weapons Engagement Zone

829WMD Weapon of Mass Destruction

830WME Weapon of Mass Effect

831Part II. Terms and Definitions.

832Access. The ability to enter or use. (GS JIC WG)

833Agent Defeat. Effects neutralization of chemical or biological agents

834Assess. Evaluate the effect of and engagement. (GS JIC WG)

835Attribute. A measurable characteristic that describes an aspect of a task or capability.

836(GS JIC WG)

837Capability. A combination of means and ways to perform a set of tasks or achieve an

838effect to a standard under specified conditions. (JCDRP)

839Effect. Change to a condition, behaviors, or degree of freedom resulting from tasked

840actions. (JCDRP)

841Effects Spectrum. Strike with sufficient mass and variety to achieve the desired effect.

842(GS JIC WG)

843 Mass: Is there enough quantity to generate the desired effect?

844 Variety: Can a task generate disparate effects?

845Engage. Strike the designated target (includes maneuver). (GS JIC WG)

846Find. Locate a potential target and pass salient info IOT fix. (GS JIC WG)

847Fix. Determine potential target position at a given time. (GS JIC WG)

848High Value Target. A target the enemy commander requires for successful completion

849of the mission, the loss of which would seriously degrade important enemy functions. (JP

8501-02)

851High Payoff Target. A target whose loss to the enemy will significantly contribute to

852the success of the friendly course of action. Those high value targets that must be

853acquired and successfully attacked for the success of the mission. (JP 1-02)

854Military Objective. A derived set of military actions to be taken to implement NCA

855guidance in support of national objectives. Defines the results to be achieved by the

856military and assign tasks to commanders. (JP 1-02)

857Mission. The task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken

858and the reason therefore. (JP 1-02)

859Persistence. The period of time the potential to create or sustain an effect can be maintained.

860(GS JIC WG)

861Posture. To put into proper position before acting. (GS JIC WG)

862Responsiveness. Ability to generate scaleable effects at the optimum time (i.e., rapidly,

863at a particular moment in time, over a period of time) and place. (GS JIC WG)

864Strike. A lethal / non-lethal / kinetic / non-kinetic attack. (GS JIC WG)

865Surprise. Achieve and effect at the optimum place and time without enemy

866foreknowledge. (GS JIC WG)

867Survivability. Operate in an anti-access environment without significant threat of

868engagement or destruction. (GS JIC WG)

869Target. Characterize and designate potential target for neutralization / destruction and

870matching appropriate response. (GS JIC WG)

871Task. A measurable action or activity based upon doctrine, standard procedures, mission

872analysis, or concepts that may be assigned to an individual or organization. (GS JIC WG)

873Track. Display or record the successive positions of a moving potential target and

874maintain awareness of a fixed potential target. (GS JIC WG)

875 Appendix C, Capabilities, Tasks, and Attributes Table

Capability876 Capability Task Attribute Category 877 Effects FCB Responsiveness Persistence Survivability Spectrum Surprise 4.1.1. Preparation878 4.1.1.1. Monitor Adversaries 879 Develop adversary characterization through long-term, in-depth X X X BA 880 intelligence collection and exploitation Determine adversary critical 881 requirements capabilities and X X X X C2/BA vulnerabilities Identify, assess, and mitigate X X X X X BA 882 intelligence gaps

Process and fuse collected data X X X X X BA 883 into intelligence Dynamically task collection assets X X X C2/BA Find (moving, mobile, hardened 884 and/or underground, concealed, critical infrastructure, leadership, X X X X X BA WMD and related facilities and 885 systems targets) Fix (moving, mobile, hardened and/or underground, concealed, 886 critical infrastructure, leadership, X X X X X BA/C2 WMD and related facilities and 887 systems targets) Track (moving and mobile targets) X X X X X BA/C2 Target (moving, mobile, hardened 888 and/or underground, concealed, critical infrastructure, leadership, X X X X X FA/C2 WMD and related facilities and 889 systems targets)

4.1.1.2. Plan 890 Perform collaborative deliberate X X X X C2 planning 891 Perform collaborative crisis X X X X C2 planning X X X C2 892 Determine commander's intent Develop course of action X X X X C2 893 Determine HVTs / HPTs X X X X C2 X X X C2 Evaluate strike consequences X X C2 Determine necessary strike scale

X X X X C2/P Identify friendly critical capabilities

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895 Capability Capability Task Attribute Category 896 Effects FCB Responsiveness Persistence Survivability Spectrum Surprise 4.1.2. Enabling 897 4.1.2.1. Joint C2

898 Identify and track all adversary X X X X X C2/BA and neutrals in JOA

Identify and track all "Blue" X X X X C2/BA 899 Forces in JOA

Specify command relationships X X C2/NC 900 for Global Strike operations Communicate orders to all X X X X C2/NC echelons 901 Terminate / change strike X X C2/NC missions Identify and precisely locate 902 critical nodes and links in various adversary key systems X X X X X C2/BA associated with important 903 military or economic activities Improve cultural awareness to understand actions, groups, and X X C2/BA/P 904 ideologies influencing the targeted regional populace 905 Develop an understanding of the adversary accounting for all political, military, economic, X X C2/BA/P 906 social, infrastructure, and informational (PMESII) factors

9074.1.2.2. Net-Centric Operations 908 Deploy network linking all joint X X X X X NC force elements (Interoperability) 909 Deploy network capable of linking joint force with other X X X X X NC government agencies 910 Protect the network and data X X X X P/NC within

911 Transfer and sort updated multi- X X X NC level intelligence Adjust communications’ links 912 and filters to enable establishment of required X X X X X NC “sensor to sensor” and “sensor 913 to shooter” links Establish appropriate X X X X NC 914 organizational relationships Operate interdependently X X X X NC 915

Capability 916 Capability Task Attribute Category 917 Effects FCB Responsiveness Persistence Survivability Spectrum Surprise 4.1.3. Execution 918 4.1.3.1. Global

Strike 919 Posture forces (forces and X X X X X C2/FL/FA facilities) 920 Position forces to engage X X X X X C2/FL/FA (maneuver)

Engage WMD production, X X X X X FA 921 storage, and delivery targets

Neutralize WMD active agents X X X X FA 922 Engage moving land targets X X X X X FA 923 Engage moving maritime X X X X X FA targets 924 Engage airborne targets X X X X X FA

Engage hard and deeply buried X X X X FA 925 targets X X X X X FA 926 Engage leadership targets Attack computer networks and X X X X X FA/NC other IO targets

927 X X X X X FA/NC D5 anti-access capabilities 928 Recover and regenerate forces X X X X FL/FA

9294.1.3.2. Assess and Report 930 Determine immediate objectives X X X BA/C2/FA results 931 Determine long-term objective X X X BA/C2/FA results 932 X X X X C2/NC/FA Report mission status 933

936 Appendix D, Illustrative CONOPS

937 Appendix D is classified and published separate from the main body of this

938concept.

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