text: FM 7-100.1________________________________________________________________________________
  STRATEGIC CONTEXT
  6-45. Reconnaissance plays a critical role in all OPFOR strategic courses of
  action. Targets of reconnaissance actions may be the same during different
  strategic courses of action, but for different reasons.
  REGIONAL OPERATIONS
  6-46. Military operations during regional operations attempt to achieve stra-
  tegic political or military decision by destroying the enemy’s will and capabil-
  ity to fight. This is often brought about by destroying the C2 and logistics sys-
  tems the enemy needs for continued operations. Reconnaissance actions dur-
  ing this period are therefore focused on locating and tracking enemy C2 nodes
  and logistics centers.
  6-47. Other targets of OPFOR RISTA during regional operations include the
  enemy’s
  • Precision weapons delivery means.
  • Long-range fire systems.
  • WMD.
  • RISTA assets.
  TRANSITION OPERATIONS
  6-48. A key reconnaissance task during transition operations is to support
  the requirements of access-control operations. RISTA assets can gather in-
  formation on likely enemy aerial and sea ports of debarkation and other
  targets of access-control activities, such as potential operating or staging
  bases.
  6-49. Reconnaissance efforts are directed against vulnerable early-entry
  forces before the enemy can bring his technological overmatch to bear. They
  can also support sophisticated ambushes to destroy high-visibility enemy
  systems or cause mass casualties.
  ADAPTIVE OPERATIONS
  6-50. In adaptive operations, RISTA assets support the creation of windows
  of opportunity that permit OPFOR units to move out of sanctuary and attack.
  OPFOR RISTA can do this by locating and tracking key elements of the
  enemy’s C2, RISTA, air defense, and long-range fires systems for attack.
  6-51. RISTA assets can also play a direct role in supporting counterrecon-
  naissance operations. Extraregional powers rely heavily on situational
  awareness, both to employ standoff weapons and to preclude being deceived
  by OPFOR IW efforts.