Defensive Battlefield Intelligence Readiness Operations... how it affects defensive operations and activities. Although understanding the IPB, its advantages and disadvantages while applying it to our unit's battle plan will require critical thinking, the result will be a better prepared organization with a solid plan to defend our forces against any adversary we may meet. a continuous methodical process that consists of four steps, implemented in order to conduct an effective IPB. The first step is to define the battlefield environment, the second step is to describe the effects of the battlefield, the third step is to assess the threat, and the fourth step is to determine the threat causes of action (COA). . Defining the battlefield environment is a process that can be broken down into three steps• Identifying features on the battlefield that influence friendly and threat operations.• Establishing the boundaries of the area of interest (AI ).• Identify the ga...

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