Exploiting C2I to Enhance Theater Missile Defense Attack Operations

<p>The objective of this study is to evaluate if the command control and intelligence (C2I) process for the coalition TMD attack operation during Operation Desert Storm (ODS). In ODS the TMD Infrastructure and C2I process were immature. The ODS model is therefore a precise if not an absolute accurate model of the existing TMD attack operation C2I process of most advanced armies. To accomplish the objective the study examined the effectiveness of the coalition TMD C23I support in each stage of the decide-defeat-deliver-assess (D3A) targeting methodology to enable a successful attack operation. The intent of the study is to identity specific C2I attributes that are required to enable TMD attack operations to defeat the theater ballistic missile threat in a joint environment. The findings of the study serve to provide a baseline for identifying tile key operational objectives of an effective C2I process. The study concluded that tile ODS model is not an effective model for the advanced army. It identified the following attribution on key to an effective C2I process: unity of effort centralized planning and control at the operational level proactive planning decentralized execution at tactical level establishment of precrisis and long-term intelligence base of enemy TBM capability prioritization of required enemy and friendly information effective integration of BDA into targeting process and interoperability.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>