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  Figure 8-2. ADA task-organized battery AMD control relationships
  8-15. Engagement and identification authority in a low intensity air threat environment is generally
  centralized at the AADC designated level, with the RADC or SADC, and engagement orders are transmitted
  to ADA units through the ADAFCO. The ADAFCO transmits the engagement orders directly to the ADA
  task force or ADA task-organized battery, if deployed independently of its parent battalion or task force.
  8-16. In a high intensity air threat environment, with significant, simultaneous, and coordinated manned air,
  cruise missile, and ballistic missile attacks, the AADC may, for instance, decentralize engagement/
  identification authority for cruise missiles and manned aircraft in a specified area to an ADA task force or
  independent ADA task-organized battery.
  8-17. The task-organized ADA battery is at the end of the kill chain. The battery executes engagement
  operations under positive controls – positive identification and tracking of airborne objects and control of
  fires by a designated engagement authority.
  FORCE OPERATIONS
  8-18. Operation plans are usually prepared by the parent battalion prior to mission initiation. If deployed
  independently of the parent battalion, the battery commander develops the plan and subsequent changes, as
  required, in accordance with METT-TC. If operating as part of an ADA task force, the battery commander
  builds the plan in synchronization with that of the task force. If operating in support of a maneuver unit or
  other critical asset, the battery commander coordinates the plan with the supported commander.
  8-19. An ADA task-organized battery normally defends one primary asset. It may have secondary assets
  within its area of operations, dependent upon METT-TC factors, such as the criticality of the asset, anticipated
  threat types and quantities, and available ADA forces. The battery commander uses the Patriot tactical
  planner workstation, THAAD portable planner, and/or the AMDWS to develop positional options for the