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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. This study defines some of the challenges faced by commanders and their staffs when conducting urban IPB. It describes methods that can be incorporated into current IPB to address these problems. Many of the methods and tools introduced seek to analyze the contextual and threat effects posed by civilians on the battlefield. The research suggests ways to categorize the terrain and infrastructure of the urban environment and incorporate this information into planning and decisionmaking processes. The authors make recommendations on how the Army can improve the IPB process to better address the difficulties of conducting operations on urban terrain.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield: An Overview
Chapter Three
Challenges Posed by Urbanized Terrain
Chapter Four
IPB for Urban Operations Step One: Define the Operating Environment
Chapter Five
IPB for Urban Operations Step Two: Describe the Operating Environment'S Effects
Chapter Six
IPB for Urban Operations Step Three: Identify and Evaluate Threats and Relevant Influences
Chapter Seven
IPB for Urban Operations Step Four: Develop Non-U.S. Courses of Action
Chapter Eight
Recommendations
Appendix
Web Sites for Conducting Urban IPB
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