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  attacks in concert with the perception management portion of the IW plan to
  leverage the world media to report adverse perceptions of the extraregional
  force.
  7-78. During transition operations, the OPFOR begins to disperse its fire
  support assets and emphasize the use of fire and decoy tactics, techniques,
  and procedures (TTP). The OPFOR employs the fire and decoy TTP to in-
  crease survivability as well as to deceive the enemy as to the actual firing
  unit location.
  ADAPTIVE OPERATIONS
  7-79. An extraregional force must maintain a degree of information domi-
  nance that enables it to use information systems to achieve an operational
  advantage, while denying that capability to the OPFOR. Such systems pro-
  vide battlefield visualization, situational awareness, combat identification,
  spectrum supremacy, and C2 attack and protection. Therefore, the OPFOR
  primarily shifts its emphasis to force preservation and seeks opportunities to
  attack and destroy key components of the enemy’s combat system, including
  his information systems.
  7-80. The extraregional force may have the perception that the tempo of
  OPFOR continuous fire support has substantially decreased, since the
  OPFOR no longer possess the advantage of information dominance nor the
  ability to control its airspace. However, the OPFOR mindset is that the tempo
  has been adjusted to attack targets (using reconnaissance fire) at critical times
  in order to preserve the force. For example, during adaptive operations, fire
  support is centrally planned and executed. The OSC commander can establish
  both the firing and target damage criteria and exercise C2 of units conducting
  fire support. The IFC headquarters develops the firing orders and firing data
  computation and transmits this information in a coded format to the firing
  unit. Because the OPFOR’s communications are particularly vulnerable to
  attacks, transmission may have to be via a civilian telephone system (to
  include cellular phone), messenger, or even newspaper.
  7-81. The OPFOR continues to emphasize the use of the fire and decoy TTP.
  While using such TTP, it seeks to colocate its fire support assets with the ci-
  vilian populace, especially in urban areas to create a moral sanctuary. If the
  extraregional force attacks the fire support assets colocated with the civilian
  populace, the OPFOR will seek to leverage the world media to report adverse
  perceptions of the extraregional force through the perception management
  portion of the IW plan.