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Defeat Mechanisms
DESTROY
Apply lethal combat power on an enemy capability
so that it can no longer perform any function
DISLOCATE
Employ forces to obtain significant
positional advantage, rendering the
enemy’s dispositions less valuable,
perhaps even irrelevant
ISOLATE
Enemy
Defeated
Enemy
Deny an enemy or adversary access to
capabilities that enable the exercise of
coercion, influence, potential advantage, and
freedom of action
DISINTEGRATE
Disrupt the enemy’s command and control
system, degrading its ability to conduct operations
Defeat
27 mechanisms are the primary methods through which friendly forces accomplish their
mission against enemy opposition.