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Chapter 7: Step 4 — Determine Enemy Courses of Action
From analysis to prediction: developing and validating the MLCOA and MDCOA, building the event template and NAIs/TAIs, and decision support with DPs, DST and DSM.
7.1Enemy COAs: MLCOA and MDCOA
Prediction is the ultimate objective of IPB — every previous step exists to enable the analyst to anticipate enemy action.
Read §7.1 →7.2Event template, NAIs and TAIs
An event template does not predict where the enemy is. It predicts where the enemy must be if a specific COA is being executed.
Read §7.2 →7.3Decision support: DPs, DST and DSM
Intelligence becomes operationally valuable only when it enables timely decisions.
Read §7.3 →