fm 44-100 us army air and missile defense operations

Chapter 6
Planning and Conducting
Air and Missile Defense Operations
This chapter addresses integration of the air defense combat function into
planning and operations at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels
of war. ADA forces protect geopolitical assets and accomplish other missions
assigned by the national command authority (NCA) at the strategic
level. At the operational level, ADA forces protect the theater base, the
ports of debarkation, and operational lines of communications. And at the
tactical level of war, Army ADA supports the scheme of maneuver while
protecting corps and division forces according to the maneuver commander's
air and missile defense priorities.
AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE IN THEATER OPERATIONS
6-1. The Army plays a key role in joint counterair and theater missile defense
operations at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war. Army AD
contributes greatly to DCA, OCA, and TMD attack operations, and provides
the majority of TMD active defense capabilities. The Army joins the other
services to provide protection for the concentration of critical forces and assets
in the theater base and in the combat zone. Unity of effort is achieved
through integration and coordination of service component CA and TMD operations
by the JFC. The AADC contributes through the development and
promulgation of JFC approved ROE and air and missile defense procedures
and measures. This joint approach to CA and TMD provide the synchronization
necessary to obtain the synergism required for success.
6-2. Army air and missile defense requires the integrated application of all
combined arms. For OCA and TMD attack operations, the Army uses deep
operations, primarily by special operations forces, aviation and field artillery
units, to attack the enemy's air and missile assets before they can be
launched against the theater. Active DCA and TMD active defense operations
conducted by Army forces are in response to immediate enemy air, missile,
and surveillance threats. The Army's primary active DCA and TMD active
defense force is ADA, which provides dedicated low-, medium-, and highaltitude
air and missile defense systems. ADA and the other combined arms
forces integrate their fires to protect the force and geopolitical assets and ensure
freedom to maneuver.
AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE IN MATURE AND CONTINGENCY THEATERS
6-3. Army forces conduct air and missile defense operations in two greatly different
types of theaters. Both mature and contingency theaters require integrated
Army air and missile defense planning.
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