Street smart : intelligence preparation of the battlefield for urban operations / / Jamison Jo Medby, Russell W. Glenn.

• Author: United States. Army.; Medby, Jamison Jo.
• TeilnehmendeR: Glenn, Russell W.; United States. Army.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• Notes: "Prepared for the United States Army."; "MR-1287-A"--P. [4] of cover.

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 levels of war. Intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB), the Army?s longstanding methodology for incorporating and analyzing relevant information for all types of operations, is currently not effective for tackling the operational and intelligence challenges of urban operations.

Table of Contents

PREFACE; PREFACE; CONTENTS; CONTENTS; FIGURES; FIGURES; TABLES; TABLES; SUMMARY; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; Chapter Two INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD: AN OVERVIEW; Chapter Two INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD: AN OVERVIEW; CURRENT DOCTRINAL IPB STEP ONE: DEFINE THE BATTLEFIELD AREA; CURRENT DOCTRINAL IPB STEP ONE: DEFINE THE BATTLEFIELD AREA; CURRENT DOCTRINAL IPB STEP TWO: DESCRIBE THE BATTLEFIELD'S EFFECTS

CURRENT DOCTRINAL IPB STEP TWO: DESCRIBE THE BATTLEFIELD'S EFFECTS CURRENT DOCTRINAL IPB STEP THREE: EVALUATE THE THREAT; CURRENT DOCTRINAL IPB STEP THREE: EVALUATE THE THREAT; CURRENT DOCTRINAL IPB STEP FOUR: DEVELOP ENEMY COURSES OF ACTION; CURRENT DOCTRINAL IPB STEP FOUR: DEVELOP ENEMY COURSES OF ACTION; IDENTIFICATION AND INCORPORATION OF INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS: HOW IPB FOCUSES OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND INTELLIGENCE GATHERING; IDENTIFICATION AND INCORPORATION OF INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS: HOW IPB FOCUSES OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND INTELLIGENCE GATHERING

Chapter Three CHALLENGES POSED BY URBANIZED TERRAIN Chapter Three CHALLENGES POSED BY URBANIZED TERRAIN; UNDERLYING TERRAIN; UNDERLYING TERRAIN; BUILDINGS; BUILDINGS; INFRASTRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE; PEOPLE; PEOPLE; SHORTFALLS IN CURRENT IPB DOCTRINE; SHORTFALLS IN CURRENT IPB DOCTRINE; Chapter Four IPB FOR URBAN OPERATIONS STEP ONE: DEFINE THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; Chapter Four IPB FOR URBAN OPERATIONS STEP ONE: DEFINE THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; DEFINING THE URBAN AREA OF OPERATIONS; DEFINING THE URBAN AREA OF OPERATIONS; URBAN AREA(S) OF INTEREST; URBAN AREA(S) OF INTEREST; URBAN BATTLE SPACE

URBAN BATTLE SPACE CHARACTERIZING RELEVANT FEATURES OF THE OPERATIONAL AREA AND IDENTIFYING INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS; CHARACTERIZING RELEVANT FEATURES OF THE OPERATIONAL AREA AND IDENTIFYING INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS; Chapter Five IPB FOR URBAN OPERATIONS STEP TWO: DESCRIBE THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT'S EFFECTS; Chapter Five IPB FOR URBAN OPERATIONS STEP TWO: DESCRIBE THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT'S EFFECTS; POPULATION ANALYSIS; POPULATION ANALYSIS; URBAN TERRAIN ANALYSIS; URBAN TERRAIN ANALYSIS; URBAN WEATHER ANALYSIS; URBAN WEATHER ANALYSIS; SUMMARY OF IPB STEP TWO FOR URBAN OPERATIONS

SUMMARY OF IPB STEP TWO FOR URBAN OPERATIONS Chapter Six IPB FOR URBAN OPERATIONS STEP THREE: IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE THREATS AND RELEVANT INFLUENCES; Chapter Six IPB FOR URBAN OPERATIONS STEP THREE: IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE THREATS AND RELEVANT INFLUENCES; CURRENT DILEMMAS OF THREAT EVALUATION FOR URBAN OPERATIONS; CURRENT DILEMMAS OF THREAT EVALUATION FOR URBAN OPERATIONS; IDENTIFYING THREATS AND RELEVANT INFLUENCES: THE CONTINUUM OF RELATIVE INTEREST; IDENTIFYING THREATS AND RELEVANT INFLUENCES: THE CONTINUUM OF RELATIVE INTEREST; URBAN ADVERSARY AND RELEVANT INFLUENCES EVALUATION

URBAN ADVERSARY AND RELEVANT INFLUENCES EVALUATION