Antiterrorism Flashcards
Deadly Force
Force that a person uses, causing, or that a person knows or should know, would create a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily harm
FPCONS
Inter service coordination and support for AT activities
Plans
Similar to 5 paragraph format, situation, mission, execution, administration and logistics and command and control
Random Antiterrorism Measures
Required in FPCON Alpha/Bravo, take selected protective measures from higher levels to supplement
Defense in depth
Multilayered defense position
Characteristics of terrorist operations
Urban based, simple, covert, well trained, highly mobile, seek to intimidate, militarily weaker
Objectives of terrorist operations
Focuses national and international attention to groups grievances and attracts money from supporters, fosters international sponsorship and recruits members for cause.
Categories for terrorist organizations
1-separatist 2-ethnocentric 3-nationalistic 4-revolutionary 5-political 6-religious 7-social 8-domestic 9-international/transnational
Phases of terrorist operations
1-brood target selection 2-intel and surveillance 3-specific target selection 4-preattack surveillance and planning 5-attack reversal 6-actions on the objective 7-escape and exploitation
Basic terrorist threat types
- 1 or more outsiders with no access to base
- Individual/group with access
- disgruntled employee
- individual/group making political statement
- individual seeking access to base to commit act of violence
Terrorism
Calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, ideological
Counter terrorism
To deter terrorism via defensive and offensive techniques and maneuvers, potential threats, report to COG, sound alarm, take immediate action to protect personnel and DOD assets
Assessment zone
Outermost defense zone, detect/identify contacts
Warning zone
Must classify contacts as threat/non threat
Threat zone
Inner most zone