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FM 6-20-10: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for The Targeting Process

APPENDIX D

TARGETING CHECKLIST

DECIDE

_____Do the commander's planning guidance and intent contain enough detail to enable the targeting team to determine--

• HVTs to nominate as HPTs?
• Desired effects on each HPT?
• When to attack each HPT?
• How to attack each HPT?
• Any restrictions or constraints?
• Which HPTs require BDA?

_____What targeting assets (organic, attached, and supporting) are available to detect and attack HPTs?

_____What detect, deliver, and assess support is needed from higher headquarters?

_____When must requests to higher headquarters be submitted to obtain the support when required?

_____Have target tracking responsibilities been established?

_____Are systems in place to hand-off the detected targets to assets that are capable of tracking them?

_____What detect, deliver, and assess support is required from subordinate units, and when is it required?

_____What detect, deliver, and assess support requests have been received from subordinate units, and what has been done with them?

_____Has the AGM been synchronized with the DST and the maneuver and fire support plans?

_____Are all commands using a common datum for locations? If not, are procedures in place to correct differences in datums?

DETECT

_____Does the collection plan focus on PIR HPTs? (Which includes HPTs designated as PIRs.)

_____What accuracy, timeliness, and validity standards (TSS) are in effect for detection and delivery systems?

_____Are all target acquisition assets fully employed?

_____Have backup target acquisition systems been identified for HPTs?

_____Have responsibilities been assigned to the appropriate unit and/or agency for detection of each HPT?

_____Are HPTs being tracked?

_____Have verification procedures using backup systems been established where necessary?

_____Are TA and BDA requirements distributed properly among systems that can accomplish both?

DELIVER

_____Have communications links been established between detection systems, the decision maker, and delivery systems?

_____Have responsibilities been assigned to the appropriate unit ardor agency for attack of each HPT?

_____Has a backup attack system been identified for each critical HPT? (The primary system may not be available at the time the HPT is verified.)

_____Have FSCMs and/or AGMs and clearance procedures been established to facilitate target engagement?

_____Have on-order FSCMs and/or AGMs been established to facilitate future and transition operations?

_____Have potential fratricide situations been identified, and have procedures been established to positively control each situation?

_____Have responsibilities been assigned to the appropriate unit and/or agency for tracking specified HPTs and providing BDA on specified HPTs?

_____What are the procedures to update the HPTL and synchronize the AGM and DST if it becomes necessary to change the scheme of maneuver and fire support as the situation changes?

ASSESS

_____Are the collection assets, linked to specific HPTs, still available?

_____Have the collection asset management been notified of the attack of a target requiring assesment?

_____Have the assessment asset managers been updated as to the actual target location?

_____Has all the coordination for the assessment mission, particularly airborne assets, been accomplished?

_____What is the status of BDA collection?

_____Has the information from the mission been delivered to the appropriate agency for evaluation?

_____Has the targeting team reviewed the results of the attack to determine restrike requirements?

_____Has the target indigence gathered from the assessment been incorporated into the overall enemy situational development?