text: Chapter 8
  SUPPORT TO UNIFIED LAND OPERATIONS
  8-7. The ADA task-organized battery is integral to the execution of offensive, defensive, and stability tasks
  by maneuver formations and other Army elements. Battery participation in each of these facets of unified
  land operations is METT-TC dependent. Deployment and employment considerations are similar in each.
  8-8. An ADA task-organized battery can also be placed in support of a maneuver element or other
  designated critical asset. The battery may be employed as part of an ADA task force and placed in a general
  support role within a corps or division, or it may be employed independently, attached to a maneuver unit
  (most likely no higher than a brigade) and placed in a direct support role. Support relationships are METT-
  TC dependent. In its general support role, it may be assigned to defend such key Army assets as a corps
  headquarters, major sustainment points, assembly areas, and forward operating bases. When in a direct
  support role, the battery commander coordinates with the supported unit commander and the air defense
  airspace management (ADAM) cell to optimize defense of the asset(s) selected to be defended. There may
  also be circumstances where a reinforcing or general support-reinforcing role may be most suitable.
  BATTERY COMPOSITION
  8-9. The peacetime ADA battery structure is consistent with that of a traditional Army company-size unit.
  The battery generally contains some 70-90 Soldiers and is equipped with interceptors, launchers, sensors, C2
  elements, and such general Army materiel as vehicles and generators. Peacetime battery organizations vary
  by type of system:
  * The THAAD system is organized in the active component and deployed as a battery. Major
  organic components of the battery are the AN/TPY-2 radar, six launchers with up to eight missiles
  per launcher, C2 elements, communications, and a battery support center. THAAD C2 is achieved
  by the THAAD tactical fire control and communications equipment for engagement operations
  and components of the Air and Missile Planning and Control System (AMDPCS) for force
  operations. The THAAD tactical fire control and communications equipment and THAAD
  portable planner also perform defense design and evaluation.
  * Patriot batteries are in the active component and organized as part of Patriot battalions. They
  generally deploy as part of the battalion or in an ADA task force; when deploying as separate
  batteries, Patriot C2 assets from the parent battalion are normally attached to the battery to enhance
  integration with higher echelon units, joint and multinational forces, and the host nation. Organic
  components of a battery include C2 elements, a radar, six launching stations containing from 4 to
  16 missiles per launcher (dependent on the type of Patriot missile), and support equipment.
  * Avenger batteries are organized as part of active component and National Guard Avenger
  battalions or separate batteries in active component composite battalions; they generally deploy
  with the battalion or as separate batteries and are employed as batteries or platoons. An Avenger
  battery has two Avenger platoons and appropriate support equipment. The battery in the active
  component and National Guard battalions contains 12 Avengers and two Sentinel radars; the
  battery in the active component composite battalions has 24 Avengers and four Sentinels. Each
  Avenger has eight uploaded Stinger missiles, M3P .50-caliber machine gun, and sensor package,
  and identification, friend or foe capability. C2 is provided by the FAAD C2 system.
  * C-RAM batteries are organized in the active component in IFPC/Avenger battalions, deployed as
  batteries and employed as platoons. A C-RAM battery has three C-RAM platoons and appropriate
  support equipment. The battery contains 12 Land-Based Phalanx Weapon Systems (LPWS) – 20-
  millimeter gun systems, three Sentinel radars, six LCMR, and three platoon engagement
  operations sections. C2 is provided by the C-RAM C2 System.
  8-10. Peacetime organizations are METT-TC tailored to wartime configurations by attaching or detaching
  launchers, sensors, and C2 systems. Task-organized Patriot batteries require a Patriot radar, and a task-
  organized THAAD battery requires an AN/TPY-2 radar. The Patriot radar can provide sectored alert and
  cueing support to other weapon systems, but 360-degree coverage against air threats requires the addition of
  a Sentinel. The AN/TPY-2 radar can provide extended surveillance against ballistic threats and can cue other
  systems and sensors to the threat. Defense against rocket, artillery, and mortar (RAM) threats requires a
  Sentinel radar, modified to detect, acquire, and track RAM threats, or a LCMR.