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As Amended Through 15 March 2013
strategic concept — The course of action accepted as the result of the estimate of the
strategic situation which is a statement of what is to be done in broad terms. (JP 5-0)
strategic debriefing — Debriefing activity conducted to collect information or to verify
previously collected information in response to national or theater level collection
priorities. (JP 2-01.2)
strategic direction — The processes and products by which the President, Secretary of
Defense, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff provide strategic guidance to the
Joint Staff, combatant commands, Services, and combat support agencies. (JP 5-0)
strategic estimate — The broad range of strategic factors that influence the commander’s
understanding of its operational environment and its determination of missions,
objectives, and courses of action. See also estimate; national intelligence estimate.
(JP 5-0)
strategic intelligence — Intelligence required for the formation of policy and military plans
at national and international levels. Strategic intelligence and tactical intelligence differ
primarily in level of application, but may also vary in terms of scope and detail. See
also intelligence; operational intelligence; tactical intelligence. (JP 2-01.2)
strategic level of war — The level of war at which a nation, often as a member of a group
of nations, determines national or multinational (alliance or coalition) strategic security
objectives and guidance, then develops and uses national resources to achieve those
objectives. See also operational level of war; tactical level of war. (JP 3-0)
strategic plan — A plan for the overall conduct of a war. (JP 5-0)
strategic sealift — The afloat pre-positioning and ocean movement of military materiel in
support of US and multinational forces. (JP 4-01.5)
strategic sealift forces — Sealift forces composed of ships, cargo handling and delivery
systems, and the necessary operating personnel. See also force. (JP 4-01.6)
strategic sealift shipping — Common-user ships of the Military Sealift Command force,
including pre-positioned ships after their pre-positioning mission has been completed
and they have been returned to the operational control of the Military Sealift
Command. See also Military Sealift Command; Military Sealift Command force.
(JP 4-01.2)
strategic vulnerability — The susceptibility of vital instruments of national power to being
seriously decreased or adversely changed by the application of actions within the
capability of another nation to impose. Strategic vulnerability may pertain to political,
geographic, economic, informational, scientific, sociological, or military factors.
274 JP 1-02