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A Practical Approach to Effects-Based Operational Assessment
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Air & Space Power Journal
- Article date:
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Clark, Clinton R; Cook, Timothy J
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Editorial Abstract:
Operational assessment is the joint force air component commander's process for evaluating joint air, space, and cyber operations. The authors provide a commonsense methodology that greatly enhances the evaluation of effects-based operations, enabling strategists to answer two fundamental questions: "Are we doing things right?" and "Are we doing the right things?" The answers to these questions will assist decision makers in executing more efficient and effective operations while considering operational risk.
EFFECTS-BASED OPERATIONS (EBO) are "actions taken against enemy systems designed to achieve specific effects that contribute directly to desired military and ...