SEEING THE BATTLEFIELD

Field Manual 34-3 / Intelligence Analysis, Dept of the Army, 1990

Suggested by Michael Crossley

Time in the threat model is a sequence of time-period snapshots (or windows) within which events occur. The analyst compresses threat model. time to bring events closer together or expand it to make individual events more distinguishable. Overlaying time windows helps in seeing patterns of events or distinguishing changes. In the threat model snapshot sequence, one of the snapshots represents the current time frame. A sequence of snapshots al lows the analyst to fol low courses of action from the current time frame to the eventual outcome of the battle. Each snapshot represents an overlay of information on the battlefield geography. Figure 5-4 [right] shows this.