ADP 3-19 — Fires
ADP 3-19 governs how Army forces integrate and execute fires across domains and the information environment in unified land operations.
- Publication number: ADP 3-19
- Title: FIRES
- Date: 07/31/2019
- Proponent: T2COM
- Status: ACTIVE
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ADP 3-19 covers fires warfighting functions, operational environments, targeting, air and missile defense, cyberspace, electronic warfare, space, and information operations. It requires commanders to execute and integrate fires and synchronize planning, resources, effects, and targets.
Topics covered
- Fires warfighting function
- Unified land operations
- Cross-domain fires
- Joint targeting cycle
- Air and missile defense
- Cyberspace operations and electronic warfare
- Space operations
- Information operations
Questions and answers
What is the fires warfighting function?
The fires warfighting function is the related tasks and systems that create and converge effects in all domains against the threat to enable actions across the range of military operations (ADP 3-0). (paragraph 3-09)
What is navigation warfare?
Navigation warfare is deliberate defensive and offensive action to assure and prevent positioning, navigation, and timing information through coordinated employment of space, cyberspace, and electronic warfare operations (JP 3-14). (paragraph 3-52)
What must surface-to-air fires do?
Surface-to-air fires correctly classify, discriminate, and identify threatening air and missile targets, then engage designated threats with the appropriate number and type of interceptors. (paragraph 3-43)
What is electronic attack?
Electronic attack involves the use of electromagnetic energy, directed energy, or anti-radiation weapons to attack personnel, facilities, or equipment with the intent of degrading, neutralizing, or destroying enemy combat capability and is considered a form of fires. (paragraph 3-43)
What must commanders do when integrating fires?
Commanders must execute and integrate fires, in combination with the other elements of combat power, to create and converge effects and achieve the desired end state. (paragraph 3-09)