high-value target

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high-value target

A target the enemy commander requires for the successful completion of the mission. The loss of high-value targets would be expected to seriously degrade important enemy functions throughout the friendly commander's area of interest. Also called HVT. See also high-payoff target; target.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Joint elements from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine National Police have confiscated around P2 million worth of suspected 'shabu' from an alleged high-value target in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.
TACLOBAN CITY - A high-value target in the drug trafficking was killed after he resisted arrest in Ormoc City.
Among those arrested was James Bayote, 34, and listed as a high-value target. Bayote is a kagawad of Barangay La Libertad in Titay and was arrested during a search of his house.
Rivera said Capistrano was considered as a high-value target.
Following an exchange of heavy fire, six terrorists were gunned down, including high-value target terrorist Nanakar involved in killing of local population and Maliks.
'Nanakar, a high-value target responsible for attacks on local residents and tribal elders, was among those died in today's raid.'
During operation high-value target of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LeJ) Salman Badeni, who was involved in the killing of 100 members of Hazara community as well as police personnel, was killed.
On May 17, Colonel Sohail Abid of Military Intelligence embraced martyrdom during an operation in Balochistan, in which high-value target of banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and two other terrorists were killed.
Colonel Sohail Abid embraced martyrdom during an operation in Balochistan, in which high-value target of banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and two other terrorists were killed.
On Wednesday, Colonel Sohail Abid embraced martyrdom during an operation in Balochistan, in which high-value target of banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and two other terrorists were killed.
Security officials said that Afghan and Pakistani militants were among the dead at the compound in the town of Miranshah, but that there was no immediate confirmation of any high-value target.
These architectures are developed in order to provide a template for the replication of successful interagency coordination for the JICTC based upon the successful interagency efforts of Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-South) and the Special Operations Forces (SOF) high-value target teams.
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