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  C-20. High winds will hinder maneuver, close air support, and target engagement, especially in tight air
  avenues of approach. Missiles and UASs will be adversely affected in performance and accuracy.
  C-21. Precipitation affects aircraft, missile, and UAS performance and reduces the effectiveness of sensors.
  Precipitation reduces ADA sensor range.
  C-22. Cloud cover and ceilings may restrict operations by setting low operational ceilings and restricting
  visibility and target engagement. Low ceilings, overcast, and clouds may restrict visually-directed ADA
  weapons' detection and acquisition ranges.
  C-23. Extreme temperature and humidity have a severe effect on aircraft and UASs by decreasing combat
  range, altitude (particularly rotary-wing aircraft), and ordnance payloads. Rotary-wing aircraft are
  particularly affected.
  STEP 3-EVALUATE THE THREAT
  C-24. Threat evaluation for air operations consists of a detailed study of enemy air capabilities, organization,
  and doctrine. There are three steps in evaluating the threat: collect and analyze doctrinal threat data, analyze
  threat air capabilities, and conduct target evaluation.
  COLLECT AND ANALYZE DOCTRINAL THREAT DATA
  C-25. The following are typical questions which should be answered during this step. They must also include
  the commander's critical information requirements and priority intelligence requirements.
  * What are the major strategic, operational, and tactical objectives of the enemy's air operations?
  * Which objectives may be targeted for destruction or suppression?
  * Where do friendly air defense assets fit into the enemy's objectives? Do they need to be destroyed
  or suppressed for the enemy plan to work? Answers to these two questions may result in
  modification to air avenues of approach.
  * What is the enemy's air order of battle? How are the assets organized? Knowledge of threat
  organization, and who has operational control, will indicate the importance of the AO. For
  example, does the threat have mobile, fixed, or both types of launchers?
  * Who has tactical control of aircraft at the point of attack?
  * How will UASs be used: attack, reconnaissance, surveillance, or battle damage assessment? What
  are the associated profiles?
  * How does the enemy doctrinally attack? Will the enemy use airborne, air assault, or special
  operations forces in conjunction with an air or ground attack? What size are these forces and to
  what depth are they used? Will the enemy synchronize the air attack? Does the enemy have the
  capability to coordinate an air attack (possibly with varied air platforms that can overmatch
  friendly air defense capabilities)?
  * What are air system combat ingress and egress speeds?
  * Where are the potential missile and UAS launch points? What are the likely targets? What are the
  range, endurance, and profile of these systems?
  * What are the doctrinal distances for forward arming and refueling points?
  * How and where will the enemy attack ground targets for interdiction?
  * At what altitude will the enemy approach the target, deliver munitions, and exit the target area?
  * How does the enemy employ reconnaissance assets?
  * How has the enemy historically fought?
  ANALYZE THREAT AIR CAPABILITIES
  C-26. ADA intelligence officers evaluate a broad range of order of battle data and threat capabilities to
  include the ground force and electromagnetic warfare threats upon SHORAD units. They also evaluate the
  answers to the following questions with respect to fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, UASs, RAM, and cruise
  missiles. The questions are not inclusive; they are representative of those that will provide relevant and timely
  threat information.