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  areas of operation and interest. These products contain information about each group's leaders and decision
  makers. Information relevant to conducting IO includes, but is not limited to:
  * Religion, language, culture, and internet activities of key groups and decision makers.
  * Agendas of non-governmental organizations.
  * Military and civilian communication infrastructures and connectivity.
  * Population demographics, linkages, and related information.
  * Location and types of radars, jammers, and other non-communication information systems.
  * Audio, video, and print media outlets and centers; the populations they serve; and their
  dissemination characteristics, such as frequency, range, language, etc.
  * Command and control or mission command vulnerabilities of friendly, adversary, and other forces
  or groups.
  * Conduit analysis describing how threat decision makers receive information.
  4-37. Threat templates portray how adversaries use forces and assets unopposed by friendly forces and
  capabilities. Threat templates are often developed before deployment. The G-2 (S-2) and IO officer may add
  factors from the information environment to a maneuver-based threat template, or they may prepare a
  separate IO threat template. The situation, available information, and type of threat affect the approach taken.
  IO-related portions of IPB products become part of paragraph 1b of the running estimate.
  4-38. The G-2 (S-2) uses IPB to determine possible threat courses of action and arrange them in probable
  order of adoption. These courses of action, depicted as situation templates, include threat IRCs. A
  comprehensive IPB addresses threat offensive and defensive capabilities and vulnerabilities, and it is
  efficacious to friendly mission analysis to develop situation templates depicting how threats and others may
  employ these capabilities to achieve advantage.
  IPB Support of Targeting
  4-39. IPB identifies high-value targets (HVTs) and shows where and when they may be anticipated. Some
  of these HVTs are IO-focused or related, such as a specific population group within an area of operation. The
  G-2 (S-2) works with the IO officer to develop IO-related HVTs into high-payoff targets (HPTs) for the
  commander’s approval. The IO officer determines which HPTs are related to one or more objectives and
  develops tasks to engage those targets during COA development and analysis.
  Other IPB Products
  4-40. IPB identifies facts and assumptions concerning threats and the operational environment that the IO
  officer considers during planning. These are incorporated into paragraph 2 of the running estimate. The IO
  officer submits IRs to update facts and verify assumptions. Working with the G-2 (S-2) and other staff
  sections, the IO officer ensures IRs are clearly identified and requests for information (RFIs) are submitted
  to the appropriate agency when necessary. IPB may create priority intelligence requirements (PIRs) pertinent
  to IO planning. The IO officer may nominate these as commander's critical information requirements
  (CCIRs) and also identify OPSEC vulnerabilities. The IO officer analyzes these to determine appropriate
  OPSEC measures.