text: Multidomain Operations and Intelligence
  2-14. U.S. intelligence carefully watches the Nation’s adversaries. Army intelligence is crucial to DOD
  efforts to prepare for large-scale combat operations. Additionally, Army intelligence heavily leverages the
  intelligence enterprise for unique and comprehensive intelligence on the Nation’s adversaries. As part of
  various theater efforts, Army intelligence is heavily involved in setting the theaters to prepare for potential
  conflicts. In effect, Army intelligence doctrine uses the term set the theater to describe certain doctrinal
  intelligence concepts. (See chapter 8 for more about intelligence during large-scale combat operations.)
  2-15. INSCOM is globally engaged and closely involved in intelligence operations within multiple
  combatant commands. Some of these INSCOM intelligence units are also involved in several joint force
  efforts to provide warning intelligence to track adversary actions and changing conditions across the
  domains and dimensions of the OE in each theater. Simultaneously, intelligence staffs and MI units from
  corps to maneuver battalions prepare for future operations. (See chapter 7 for more about INSCOM.)
  THREATS
  2-16. A threat is any combination of actors, entities, or forces that have the capability and intent to harm United
  States forces, United States national interests, or the homeland (ADP 3-0). Threats faced by Army forces are,
  by nature, hybrid. They include individuals, groups of individuals, paramilitary or military forces, criminal
  elements, nation-states, or national alliances. Generally, a threat can be categorized as an enemy or adversary:
  ⚫ An enemy is a party identified as hostile against which the use of force is authorized (ADP 3-0).
  An enemy is also a combatant under the law of war.
  ⚫ An adversary is a party acknowledged as potentially hostile to a friendly party and against which
  the use of force may be envisaged (JP 3-0). Adversaries pursue interests that compete with those
  of the United States and are often called competitors.
  Hazards
  2-17. While usually not as important as threats, hazards can be a significant part of the OE and can play an
  important role in the conduct of operations. A hazard refers to a condition with the potential to cause injury,
  illness, or death of personnel; damage to or loss of equipment or property; or mission degradation. The
  threat’s use of chemical weapons would be a significant hazard within a unit’s AO. The intelligence
  warfighting function is equipped to provide important intelligence on hazards, as needed, during operations.
  Access to and collaboration across the intelligence enterprise are especially helpful in conducting intelligence
  analysis on hazards.
  Peer Threats
  2-18. Peer threats are adversaries or enemies with capabilities and capacity to oppose U.S. forces across all
  domains and dimensions of the OE worldwide or in a specific region where they enjoy a position of relative
  advantage. Peer threats possess roughly equal combat power to that of U.S. forces in geographic proximity
  to a conflict area. Peer threats may also have a cultural affinity to specific regions, providing them relative
  advantages in the human and information dimensions.
  2-19. Peer threats employ strategies that capitalize on their advantages to achieve objectives. When these
  objectives are at odds with the interests of the United States and its allies, conflict becomes more likely. Peer
  threats prefer to achieve their goals without directly engaging U.S. forces in combat. They often employ
  information warfare in combination with conventional and irregular military capabilities to achieve their
  goals. They exploit friendly sensitivities to world opinions and attempt to exploit the Nation’s domestic
  opinion and sensitivity to friendly casualties. Peer threats believe they have a comparative advantage because
  of their willingness to endure greater hardships, casualties, and negative public opinion. They also believe
  their ability to pursue long-term goals is greater than that of the United States.
  2-20. Peer threats employ capabilities from and across multiple domains against Army forces, and they seek
  to exploit vulnerabilities in all strategic contexts. During conflict, peer threats seek to inflict significant
  damage across multiple domains in a short amount of time. They seek to delay friendly forces long enough
  to achieve their goals and end hostilities before friendly forces can decisively respond. Peer threats employ
  many sophisticated and lethal and nonlethal capabilities that create challenges for information collection and