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A possible target set for the now-in-service AIM-174B is what are sometimes referred to as high value airborne assets (HVAA). HVAAs include airborne early warning, electromagnetic combat and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft as well as aircraft capable of carrying long-range
333:(HVT) — A target the enemy commander requires for the successful completion of the mission. The loss of HVTs would be expected to seriously degrade important enemy functions throughout the friendly commander's area of interest. See also high-payoff target; target. (JP 3-09) 246: 119:) have been established for the main purposes of capturing or killing targets judged to be vital to an enemy's chances for success. Forces assigned to these include units mainly from the 229: 170: 250: 45:) is the term used to describe a person or resource which an enemy commander can least afford to lose. The term has been widely used in the 370: 165: 218: 360: 124: 327: 100:), is a high-value target whose loss to the enemy will significantly contribute to the success of a friendly course of action. 185: 136: 336: 17: 120: 190: 365: 355: 276: 160: 304: 148: 34: 8: 144: 180: 175: 62: 195: 339: 116: 50: 309: 281: 108: 104: 61:
was known as High-Value Target Number One by the United States military before
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programs to capture and subsequently interrogate terrorist leaders.
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Joint Special Operations Command Task Force in the Iraq War
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and other terrorist organizations. Former Iraqi president
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High-value targets
United States
military terminology
news media
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaeda
Saddam Hussein
his capture
aircraft
Task Force 145
Task Force 121
Task Force 11
Task Force 6-26
Joint Special Operations Command
SOCOM
Delta Force
SEAL Team Six
75th Ranger Regiment
British Army
Special Air Service
Department of Defense
High-value detention site
List of assassinations by the United States
Joint Special Operations Command Task Force in the Iraq War
Manhunt (military)
Operation Red Dawn
USA kill or capture strategy in Iraq
U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis
Ayman al-Zawahiri

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