3-12 COG Analysis

Narrator: The staff will now analyze centers of gravity in more depth, based on the understanding gained through design and task analysis. Here, you will determine which friendly and enemy weaknesses are critical vulnerabilities. Usually you cannot directly attack a center of gravity, but all centers of gravity have critical capabilities that have critical requirements that enable them to operate. Your task is to identify critical vulnerabilities in critical requirements that remove critical capabilities which will weaken a center of gravity. Conversely, planners identify friendly critical vulnerabilities to protect them from enemy strengths.