Street smart intelligence preparation of the battlefield for urban operations
Urban operations are highly complex because of the multitudes of people and structures as well as the density of the city?s infrastructure. These same features complicate the intelligence and decisionmaking processes associated with military operations at the strategic, operational, and tactical lev...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA
Rand
2002, 2002
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151)
- Introduction
- Intelligence preparation of the battlefield: an overview
- Challenges posed by urbanized terrain
- IPB for urban operations step one: define the operating environment
- IPB for urban operations step two: describe the operating environment's effects
- IPB for urban operations step three: identify and evaluate threats and relevant influences
- IPB for urban operations step four: develop non-U.S. courses of action
- Recommendations
- Appendix: Web sites for conducting urban IPB.