text: Chapter 7
  ADA Battalion
  This chapter describes the ADA battalion, task organized to form an ADA task force,
  and its capabilities, firepower, and tactics. The guidance in this chapter is applicable to
  the role of an ADA battalion in all phases of operations and to ADA fires supporting
  the preservation of land and air combat power. This chapter is written to a METT-TC
  tailored task force consisting of multiple sensor and shooter types, providing a
  coordinated capability to defend against enemy forces employing complex integrated
  attack tactics. This chapter is also applicable if the task force consists of a single type
  of sensor and shooter.
  ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  7-1. The role of the ADA task force is to protect forces and selected geopolitical assets within a specified
  geographical area from air attack, missile attack, and surveillance. The ADA task force consists of a mix of
  sensors and shooters to provide low-to-high altitude, short- to long-range AMD protection of combat land
  forces and other critical assets. The ADA task force components can defeat the following threats, after launch,
  in accordance with the METT-TC considerations in which it is being deployed:
  * Ballistic missiles.
  * Cruise missiles.
  * UASs.
  * Tactical air-to-surface missiles, to include anti-radiation missiles.
  * Large-caliber rockets.
  * Hypersonic weapons.
  * Fixed-wing aircraft.
  * Rotary-wing aircraft.
  * RAM.
  7-2. An ADA task force is frequently used as a flexible deterrent option, showing U.S. resolve and
  commitment to our partner nations. It is often forward deployed or stationed. For example, currently more
  than 45 percent of the Patriot force is deployed in overseas locations.
  7-3. An ADA task force provides the terminal defense for multi-tier joint AMD systems supporting the
  combatant commander’s needs. Its missile defense capabilities (Patriot and/or the THAAD) comprise an
  element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). When THAAD and Patriot are combined in a task
  force, a layered (upper and lower tier) ballistic missile defense is achieved. While able to operate as an
  independent entity consisting of a single system’s capabilities, such as Patriot, the task force is optimized
  when organized with multiple ADA sensors and shooters, such as those organic to Patriot and Avenger units.
  ADA task forces help to defend the lodgment during entry operations. The ADA task force provides robust
  defense against ballistic missiles and air threats, and can be augmented with C-RAM capabilities to defeat
  RAM threats after launch. As the theater develops and entering forces expand into forward positions, ADA
  task forces support shaping activities and enable decisive action. ADA task forces provide AMD for
  maneuver forces, their sustainment assets, and resupply routes using overlapping movement and positioning
  schemes to maintain supportive coverage. This protection provides maneuver force commanders the ability
  to conduct aggressive, as well as sustained, offensive and defensive tasks.
  7-4. ADA task force resources may remain in theater to continue providing AMD of critical assets as a
  conflict is resolved, preventing residual enemy forces from successfully affecting assets or friendly forces