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JSTARS Mission Attack Support

JSTARS Mission Attack Support. Attack Support (targeting) involves : Development of new targets Development of existing targets Targets of opportunity Updated target area information Threat information Weather information. Attack Aircraft Operations.

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JSTARS Mission Attack Support

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  1. JSTARS Mission Attack Support • Attack Support (targeting) involves : • Development of new targets • Development of existing targets • Targets of opportunity • Updated target area information • Threat information • Weather information

  2. Attack Aircraft Operations • Primary types of attack support missions • Air Interdiction • Close Air Support • Armed Reconnaissance • Theater Missile Defense • Three major areas of JSTARS support • Attacks to delay and disrupt the movement of enemy forces • Attacks designed to quickly destroy large numbers of vehicles that an army uses for high tempo offensive/defensive operations • Attacks to destroy enemy nodes in the rear area

  3. Air Interdiction Mission • Air Interdiction (AI): Operations that destroy, neutralize, or delay the enemy before its capabilities can be effectively brought to bear against friendly forces.

  4. Close Air Support (CAS) Mission • CAS is action against hostile targets in close proximity to friendly forces and require detailed integration with fire and movement of those forces. • Joint STARS is assuming a much larger role for CAS missions • Provide mover information to TACPs and FAC-As • Relay target brief (9-Line) to attack assets in TAC-A Role • CAS differs from AI in one very significant way • Requires a much higher degree of coordination

  5. JSTARS Support for CAS Missions • Joint Stars May Support • Attack Aircraft • Target Briefings • Threat Updates • Procedural Control • Forward Air Controllers • Area Briefs • Threat Updates • Procedural Control

  6. Armed Reconnaissance Mission • Armed Reconnaissance: • Primary purpose is to locate and attack targets of opportunity. • Normally beyond the AO where coordination with ground forces is not normally required • Joint STARS will normally be used in a target development role before the armed reconnaissance aircraft arrive in the target area • Generating target locations • Determine size. • Once in the target area, Joint STARS can provide direction to the aircraft on an immediate basis

  7. Armed Reconnaissance Mission (Cont.) • Target types normally differ from those of AI and CAS in that they are removed from the AO. Examples of AR targets are: • Command Posts • SAM Sites • Surface to Surface Missile Batteries possibly moving to another location • Convoys Re-supplying Forward Elements • Armed Reconnaissance differs from AI and CAS in another area. AI and CAS missions have specific targets. AR missions designed to prowl or troll for targets

  8. Theater Missile Defense (TMD) • Theater Missile Defense: The identification, integration, and employment of forces supported by theater and national capabilities to detect, identify, locate, track, minimize the effects of, and/or destroy enemy TMs. • On the ground or in-flight • Ground based launchers and supporting Infrastructure • TM-capable ships (in port or at sea) • Enemy aircraft armed with air-to-surface missiles

  9. JSTARS TMD Role • Joint STARS Role in TMD • Obtain and disseminate timely intelligence on fixed and mobile theater missile target locations • IPB and current intelligence provide indications of possible target areas • Search high probability TM operating and deployment areas • Detect, identify, locate and track TM launchers

  10. Mission of JSTARS (Cont.) • Provide surveillance, target detection, and tracking required to develop an understanding of the enemy situation • Delay, disrupt, and destroy the offensive/defensive momentum of enemy forces based on • The Joint Force Commander’s overall objectives • The Joint Force Land Component Commander’s (JFLCC) scheme of maneuver • The Joint Force Air Component Commander’s (JFACC) air campaign guidance

  11. JSTARS Mission Requirements • The joint force land component commander (JFLCC) designates the corps commander or specific unit to be supported • Once designated, they determine the required coverage times and radar priorities • JFACC then determines the orbit locations and number of E-8Cs required (air CCs also use this info for their operations) • Within the AOR, JSTARS detects, locates, classifies, tracks and supports attack of targets

  12. JSTARS Capabilities for the AI Mission • Target Briefing • Threat Warning • Development of New Targets • C3 for Strikers • Deconfliction of Strike Assets • AWO’s de-conflict and direct attack assets

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