Joint Targeting

Joint Force Targeting Duties and Responsibilities
transfer, or use of WMD and related materials and precursors by adversaries (i.e., to combat
WMD). The SCC-WMD director is dual-hatted as the director of DTRA, enabling the SCC-
WMD to leverage DTRA capabilities and assist DOD with preventing, deterring, detecting,
locating, tracking, targeting, and mitigating the effects of WMD systems or threats.
For additional details, see JP 3-40, Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction.
6. Joint Warfare Analysis Center. JWAC provides the JS, combatant
commands, JFCs, and other DOD and non-DOD agencies with precision targeting and
deterrent options for selected networks and nodes. JWAC conducts engineering and
modeling analysis, fused with scientific and intelligence data, to produce optimized target
sets that support the JFC’s objectives. As such, JWAC is a key provider of information
supporting target development and assessment. It may also be a key provider of unique
weaponeering cases and CDE analysis.
(i) Supporting combatant commands have valuable resources that may be
brought to bear to support federated targeting. Supporting combatant commands may
construct ETFs and TM, assist in JIPOE, derive mensurated coordinates, support federated
assessments, or provide other federated targeting support as coordinated during deliberate or
crisis action planning. Combatant command JIOCs support component command
intelligence requirements and work within the joint component command structure to ensure
a common solution to satisfy mission objectives.
e. Non-DOD Organizations Supporting Joint Targeting. Non-DOD organizations
provide significant intelligence and operational support to joint targeting. The principal non-
DOD organizations supporting joint targeting are the CIA, Department of State (DOS), and
Department of Energy (DOE). The Departments of Justice, Treasury, Homeland Security,
Transportation, Health and Human Services also provide peripheral support and intelligence
to targeting efforts, but this section concentrates on the three that have the most direct
bearing on joint targeting:
(1) Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA, through its target coordination group
within its Associate Directorate of Military Affairs, works with the DOD on many issues
relating to the targeting cycle.
(2) Department of State. Because of the DOS’s worldwide network of diplomatic
missions and posts staffed with representatives of numerous national agencies, the DOS is a
key source of information during war or crises. The central point of contact within the DOS
for intelligence, analysis, and research is the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR).
INR produces intelligence studies and analyses, which have provided valuable information in
support of targeting. Additionally, all-source reporting via Foreign Service channels at
American embassies or consular posts is useful, particularly during the end state and
commander’s objectives, target development, and assessment phases of the joint targeting
cycle.
(3) Department of Energy. DOE, through its national laboratories, provides
significant chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear process analysis data related to
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