COMMON CDE TERMS:
LOW: LAW OF WAR
LOAC:LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT
ROE: RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
PID: POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION
CID: COMBAT IDENTIFICATION
PGM: PRECISION GUIDED MUNITION
ASUGM:AIR TO SURFACE GUIDED MUNITION
SSBM:SURFACE TO SURFACE BALLISTIC MUNITION
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
Unintentional or Incidental injury
Collateral Object
Civilian and non combatant buildings
vehicles
structures
civilian
non military
non combatant
medical personnel
chaplains
POW
3 OPERATIONAL IMPERATIVES:
1. MISSION
2. FORCE PROTECTION
3. COLLATERAL DAMAGE
3 LEGAL IMPERATIVES (RNP):
1 REASONABLE
2 NECESSARY
3 PROPORTIONAL
CAUSES OF FRATRICIDE: FAILURE TO PID Inaccurate target locations/descriptions
Incorrect target information transmitted / received
2 categories of Collateral Damage
Category I-Most Sensitive
Category 2-Less Sensitive
Category 1 Objects:
1. Diplomatic facilities
2. Religious /Cultural/Historical
3. Non-Gov't Organizations (Red Cross)
4. Medical Facilities
5. Public Education Facilities
6. Civilian Refugee Camps
7. POW Camps / Detention Facilities
8. Facilities with Environmental Concerns
9. Dams or Dikes
Human Shields
Category 1+ Sensitive
Only SECDEF or PRESIDENT CAN APPROVE!
MITIGATION TECHNIQUES:
Delay Fuzing / Bomb Burial
Airburst
Shielding
Delivery Heading
Aimpoint Offset
Delay Fuzing / Bomb Burial:
Best mitigation for Frag and Blast
Thermal effects should be considered when planning attacks on thermal sensitive materials
(i.e wood structures, gas tanks)