CHANGES TO THE DOD DICTIONARY OF MILITARY AND ASSOCIATED TERMS (JCS PUB 1)

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• Document Release Date: November 26, 2008
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• Publication Date: August 6, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council
MEMORANDUM FOR: OJCS-1
Personnel Plans and Policy Division
Terminology Branch
6 August 1984
FROM: David Y. McManis
National Intelligence Officer for Warning
SUBJECT: Changes to the DoD Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms (JCS Pub 1)
1. The Office of the National Intelligence Officer for Warning has
worked with the intelligence and policy communities to better define the
responsibilities and ingredients of the warning process. The resultant
community-wide agreement is contained essentially in National Intelligence
Estimate (NIE) 4-1-84, Warning of War in Europe.
2. We believe that JCS Publication 1 is a critical element in ensuring
that the agreed understandings of warning processes are disseminated to a
broad audience. Therefore, we recommend the following changes to JCS Pub 1,
a. Delete present definition of "Strategic Warning". Rationale:
See subparagraph c. below.
b. Delete present definition of "Tactical Warning". Rationale: See
subparagraph c. below.
c. Add "Warning is the communication of dangers implicit in a wide
spectrum of activities by potential opponents ranging from
routine defense measures; to substantial increases in readiness
and force preparedness; to acts of political, economic, terrorist
or military aggression. Warning has two time-dependent
components: (1) Strategic Warning is warning which is
communicated prior to the initiation of a hostile act. (2)
Tactical Warning is warning which is communicated after a hostile
act has been initiated but prior to its effect on the target. In
satellite and missile surveillance, tactical warning is a
communication to operational command centers that a specific
threat event is occurring. The component elements that describe
threat events are (a) country of origin, that is the country or
countries initiating hostilities; b Event type and size -
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identification of the type of event and determination of the size
or number of weapons; (c) country under attack - determined by
observing trajectory of an object and predicting its impact
point; (d) event time - time the hostile event occurred. See
also strategic warning lead time; strategic warning post-decision
time; strategic warning pre-decision time; warning of attack;
warning of war."
Rationale: This office, which is responsible for the formulation
and dissemination of seminal national warning doctrine, believes
that the definitions of strategic and tactical warning are
insufficient in that they (1) do not define the spectrum of
dangers about which we must warn, (2) do not emphasize the
responsibility of the warner to communicate rather than just
notify, and (3) associate warning only with enemy-initiated harm,
vice indirect harm resulting from hostilities to which this
nation is not a party. By defining "warning" in general and then
explaining its time-related strategic and tactical components, we
feel the JCS Pub 1 reader will come away with a better
understanding of early warning responsibilities and overall
warning processes.
d. Add: Warning of a Developing Political or Economic Crisis - the
communication about political or economic events which may or may
not be induced by external forces, but which heighten instability
sufficiently to destabilize a country or region; or may result in
consequences harmful to US interest or security. Rationale: See
subparagraph c. above.
e. Add: Warning of War - the communication of intelligence
judgments to national policymakers that a state or alliance
intends war, or is on a course that substantially increases the
risks of war and is taking steps to prepare for war. See also
warning; warning of attack. Rationale: See subparagraph c.
above. This definition is also incorporated in the current
National Intelligence Estimate on Warning of War in Europe.
f. Add: Warning of Attack - the communication of an intelligence
judgment to national policymakers that an adversary is not only
preparing its armed forces for war, but intends to launch an
attack in the near future. See also warning; warning of war.
Rationale: See subparagraph c. above. This definition is also
incorporated in the current National Intelligence Estimates on
Warning of War in Europe and Warning of War in Korea.
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