21st Century U.S. Army Joint Theater Missile Target Development Field Manual (FM 90-43) - Multiservice Procedures, Tactics, Techniques, Cruise Missiles, Theater Ballistic Missiles

In the preface, it states:

"This publication documents tactics, techniques, and procedures for conducting Joint Theater Missile Target Development (JTMTD). It establishes a common framework for soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines responsible for intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB), sensor employment, collection management, current and future operations, target development, and force application. This common framework will enable them to establish a comprehensive and coordinated approach for countering theater missiles (TM) through prelaunch attack operations against the entire target system. This publication's design recognizes that attack operations against TM is not a mission in itself, but a method of characterizing offensive operations regardless of mission area (e.g., counterair, interdiction, fire support, special operations, etc.) and is the responsibility of all forces. This publication is intended to help the joint force commander (JFC) and subordinate component commanders' staffs develop a cohesive approach to JTMTD."

"Today our National Military Strategy recognizes that "the proliferation of theater missiles is one of the greatest dangers to US national interest and global security and will remain so into the foreseeable future." Joint Publication 3-01.5, Doctrine for Joint Theater Missile Defense, states "the preferred method of countering enemy theater missile (TM) operations is to attack and destroy or disrupt TMs prior to their launch." Recognition of the importance of this threat, the doctrinal preference for attack operations, and the historical difficulty in achieving successful attacks against TMs were the impetus for producing this publication. Many of the problems in locating mobile missiles in the past can be traced to difficulties in obtaining timely information and organizing and filtering intelligence operations. This publication establishes a common framework for those individuals responsible for intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB), sensor employment, collection management, current and future operations, target development, and force application. This common framework will enable them to establish a comprehensive and coordinated approach for countering TMs through prelaunch attack operations." It is fully illustrated with numerous line drawings.