text: Targeting Integration
  requirements. If the command does not have the assets to answer these IO IRs, the target is not engaged
  unless the attack guidance specifies otherwise or the commander so directs.
  COURSE OF ACTION ANALYSIS
  7-28. COA analysis (war-gaming) is a disciplined process that staffs use to visualize the flow of a battle.
  During the war game, the staff decides or determines—
  * Which HVTs are HPTs.
  * When to engage each HPT.
  * Which system or capability to use against each HPT.
  * The desired effects of each attack, expressed in terms of the targeting objectives.
  * Which HPTs require battle damage assessment or post-attack/engagement assessment. The IO
  officer submits IRs for IO-related targets to the G-2 (S-2) for inclusion in the collection plan.
  * Which HPTs require special instructions or require coordination.
  7-29. Based on the war game, the targeting team produces the following draft targeting products for each
  COA:
  * High-payoff target list.
  * Target selection standards.
  * Attack guidance matrix.
  * Target synchronization matrix.
  High-Payoff Target List
  7-30. During mission analysis, the IO officer identifies potential targets, which are vetted by the IO working
  group. The IO officer takes nominated targets to the next targeting working group and works within that body
  to get these targets onto the high-payoff target list and approved by the targeting board.
  Target Selection Standards
  7-31. Target selection standards are applied to enemy activities to decide whether the activity can be engaged
  as a target. Target selection standards are usually disseminated as a matrix. Military intelligence analysts use
  target selection standards to determine targets from combat information and pass them to fire support assets
  for attack. Attack systems’ managers, such as fire control elements and fire direction centers, use target
  selection standards to determine whether to attack a potential target. The intelligence and fires cells determine
  target selection standards. The IO officer ensures that they consider IO-related targets and establish
  appropriate standards for engaging them.
  7-32. For nonlethal attacks or engagements, the IO officer may have to develop descriptive criteria to
  supplement or replace criteria developed by the fires cell. For example, target selection standards during a
  security cooperation operation may describe what constitutes a hostile crowd, such as: a group larger than 25
  people, armed with sticks or other weapons, and with leaders using radios or cellular telephones to direct it.
  Attack Guidance Matrix
  7-33. The targeting team recommends attack guidance based on the results of the war game. Attack guidance
  is normally disseminated as a matrix. An attack guidance matrix includes the following information, listed
  by target set or HPT:
  * Timing of attacks (expressed as immediate, planned, or as acquired).
  * Attack system assigned.
  * Attack criteria (expressed as neutralize, suppress, harass, or destroy).
  * Restrictions or special instructions.
  7-34. Only one attack guidance matrix is produced for execution at any point in the operation; however, each
  phase of the operation may have its own matrix. To synchronize effects, all lethal and nonlethal attack
  systems, including MISO and electronic attack, for example, are placed on the attack guidance matrix. The