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  units of the OPFOR will move out of sanctuaries and attack when they can
  create a window of opportunity or when opportunity is presented by physical
  or natural conditions that limit or degrade the enemy’s systems.
  1-76. OPFOR units do not avoid contact; rather, they often seek contact, but
  on their own terms. Their preferred tactics under these conditions would be
  the ambush and raid as a means of avoiding decisive combat with superior
  forces. They will also try to mass fires from dispersed locations to destroy key
  enemy systems or formations. However, when an opportunity presents itself,
  the OPFOR can rapidly mass forces and execute decisive combat.
  ALLOW NO SANCTUARY
  1-77. Along with dispersion, decoys, and deception, the OPFOR uses urban
  areas and other complex terrain as sanctuary from the effects of enemy
  forces. Meanwhile, its intent is to deny enemy forces the use of such terrain.
  This forces the enemy to operate in areas where the OPFOR’s long-range fires
  and strikes can be more effective.
  1-78. The OPFOR seeks to deny enemy forces safe haven during every phase
  of a deployment and as long as they are in the region. It is prepared to attack
  enemy forces anywhere on the battlefield, as well as to his strategic depth.
  The resultant drain on manpower and resources to provide adequate force-
  protection measures can reduce the enemy’s strategic, operational, and tacti-
  cal means to conduct war and erode his national will to sustain conflict. The
  goal is to present the enemy with a nonlinear, simultaneous battlefield. Such
  actions will not only deny the enemy sanctuary, but also weaken his national
  will, particularly if the OPFOR or affiliated forces can strike targets in the
  enemy’s homeland.
  OPFOR MILITARY AND OPERATIONAL ART
  1-79. The OPFOR embraces the concept that military strategy and opera-
  tions are an important part, but not the whole, of the conduct of war. Military
  strategy is not separate from politics and political leadership but a means to
  support the State in achieving its political objectives. The national security
  strategy is essentially a political document that sets forth the goals of the
  State and informs military strategists. It is their responsibility to build,
  train, and employ forces for the purpose of achieving those political goals.
  1-80. When the political leadership makes the decision to employ military
  forces to achieve a goal, the military strategy for that employment is closely
  associated with diplomatic-political, informational, and economic strategies
  to bring about a favorable political result. Thus, the military leadership re-
  quires a broad understanding of the overall national strategy, and the politi-
  cal leadership needs an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of
  the military.
  MILITARY STRATEGY
  1-81. The OPFOR views military strategy as the art of developing the ways
  and means for the application of military power to achieve State objectives.
  Ways and means encompass the threatened or actual use of force. Military