Although "human terrain" is usually associated with the
intelligence preparation of the battlespace, it is valuable to police and military operations as well, as long as it enables forces in the field to better insert their actions in a complex social and cultural fabric.
The collaborative effects of integrating 10 for
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace and the use of kinetic systems to destroy selected targets, in Wright's view, forms an aerospace campaign that can deliver the desired GSTF effect of stealth, speed, and precision.
With GEOINT, the commander can now conduct detailed
intelligence preparation of the battlespace using commercial multi-spectral imagery (MSI), vector data sets from National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) stocks, or even reachback capabilities for hydrographic and bridge engineering via satellite communications with the U.S.
(7) While this reads a lot like joint
intelligence preparation of the battlespace (JIPB), ONA might be viewed as an expansion of JIPB to include all elements of national power as well as to enable EBO.
* Entire staff participates as critical contributors throughout the planning process and orders production to include during the
intelligence preparation of the battlespace.
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Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace