The People's Liberation Army (PLA) talks about "informationisation" in war, "weakening the information superiority of the enemy and operational effectiveness of the enemy's computer equipment".
While tactical intelligence is immediate and perishable, like the date and time of a planned enemy attack, operational intelligence is presumed to have a longer life.
Gen. Richard P. Mills, the commander of the 20,000 Marines in Helmand, said in a statement that the intent was to overwhelm the enemy "with an increased operational tempo that he'll be unable to match".
The authors have been asked to examine the international context, the belligerents, the distribution of costs and benefits, the logistical requirements, enemy countermeasures, and the operational and strategic effectiveness of these campaigns.
In its counterterrorism application, the goal is the same: identify vulnerable parts of an enemy's chain of command, operational cells and support network, and take steps that would put them at risk to alter their behavior in your favor.
Non-destructive action is to reduce or offset the operational effectiveness of enemy radar by using suppressing jamming and deception jamming [3].
"The enemy has lost not just operational leaders and facilitators -- people whose names we know -- but formations of fighters and other terrorists," said a senior U.S. counter-terrorism official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Johnson flew 700 operational sorties and engaged enemy aircraft on 57 occasions.
Tactical and operational pauses that the enemy could exploit are disappearing.
In the final months of the war the ground attack groups were still able to impose operational constraints upon the enemy.
