text: Additional Factors During Multinational Operations
  standards. During planning, CBRN staffs of the United States and partner nations perform capability gap
  analysis to understand where interoperability exists and where separate logistics are required.
  13-25. Planning the dismantling of WMD facilities, stockpiles, or programs is required to prevent
  reconstitution of any WMD programs. If directed, operational commanders and staffs facilitate the transfer
  of CWMD operations to other U.S. Government agencies, international agencies, or host nations to continue
  destruction, monitoring, and redirection activities. If transfer is not directed, commanders stand prepared to
  complete the remaining activities and request coordination with, and technical assistance from, applicable
  agencies as necessary.
  CONSIDERATIONS
  13-26. To help commanders and staff in planning operations, the following considerations are provided for
  other support.
  FIRE SUPPORT PLANNING
  13-27. Commanders and staffs consider and answer the following fire support planning questions with
  respect to multinational operations:
  • What is the nature of the multinational operation? For example, is it littoral or land and air phases?
  • Where is the operation in the range of military operations?
  • What are the development and dissemination of surface-to-surface and air-to-surface ROE?
  • Are the ROE agreed upon and understood by multinational forces according to national caveats?
  • Are request procedures streamlined and tested?
  • What is the likely duration of the operation? What are the issues of rotation and sustainability?
  • Are there contingency measures to meet the requirement for increased force levels? Will it be from
  national backfilling or fall under a call-up of reserve forces policy?
  • What is the intended end state and exit strategy?
  • What is the commander’s intent?
  • Is the national asset authority understood and agreed upon by multinational forces?
  • Where is the AO? How does the AO affect the climatic, terrain, cultural, political, language, and
  socioeconomic issues?
  • What is the overall multinational force structure?
  • What capabilities are at the multinational level? Which will provide national support only?
  • What fire support assets is the multinational force providing? What are their capabilities and
  command status?
  • What is the desired fire support organization for early-entry forces?
  • What is the deployment timeframe?
  • How will the deployment be carried out (land, sea, or air)?
  Delivery Systems
  13-28. Commanders and staffs consider and answer the following delivery systems questions with respect to
  multinational operations:
  • What is the desired order of arrival of fire support assets?
  • What are the characteristics, capabilities, and quantity of fire support assets, including range,
  tactical, and operational mobility and authorized munitions?
  • What is the multinational policy for survey, meteorology, and calibration?
  Weapons
  13-29. Commanders and staffs consider and answer the following weapons questions with respect to
  multinational operations:
  • What is the capability and interoperability of multinational munitions to include proofing
  compatibility and ballistic data contained in fire control computers?
  • What are the planned ammunition stocks and expenditure rates?
  • What are the key interoperability constraints?