text: Alternate Targeting Methodologies
  I-21. critical nodes simultaneously--or nearly so--such that the network cannot automatically reroute
  linkages but suffers catastrophic failure.
  Inputs
  I-22. Inputs to the FIND step:
  * Commander's guidance and priorities.
  * IPB, to include identified NAI, TAI, and cross cueing of intelligence disciplines to identify
  potential target sites or OEs.
  * Life pattern analysis.
  * Collection plans based on the IPB.
  Outputs
  I-23. Outputs of the FIND step:
  * Potential HVI detected and nominated for further development.
  * Targeting folders.
  * HVI network identified and analyzed.
  FIX
  I-24. The continued collection effort paints a picture of the HVI. The intelligence staff officer can draw
  broad behavior patterns that will focus the specific collection requirements from analysis of the intelligence.
  The information harvested from the focused and persistent collection reveals the life patterns of the HVI
  including overnight locations, daily routes, visitations, and trustworthy associates. National and unit
  intelligence assets then corroborate the life patterns. As the details are filled in, it becomes possible to
  anticipate where the HVI is most likely to spend time or visit.
  I-25. Maintaining persistent, continuous intelligence support is particularly hard at lower echelons of
  command and small units where intelligence assets are less available than at the brigade and higher echelons.
  At lower-echelon units, it is important for the command to establish intelligence support teams with personnel
  who know the targets and are trained in the unit SOPs for sensor preparation and briefings, patrol debriefings,
  data collection, and able to fuse this information with the unit's operational plan to finish the target.
  I-26. As the probable location of the HVI target is narrowed to a few sites, the unit is able to identify feasible
  courses of action and begin refining the planned actions of the finish force. At some point the information
  leads the unit to determine a HVI target is likely to be a specific location (Fix) at a specific time or within a
  specific time frame. Depending on the accuracy and reliability of the information, the unit may choose to
  verify the information through other means. Once the unit is satisfied that the Fix is valid, they may choose
  to launch the finish force.
  Inputs
  I-27. Inputs to the FIX step:
  * Probable HVI.
  * Information on the target and the target's network.
  Outputs
  I-28. Outputs of the FIX step:
  * Target identification and confirmation.
  * Target location accuracy refined to the level required for target engagement.
  * Determination or estimation of target time characteristics.