Normative requirements
What conforming mission design must express.
State the primary intelligence requirement as a decision-oriented question.
Separate the requirement from assumptions, preferred explanations, and desired political outcomes.
Define priority intelligence gaps and the minimum evidence needed to close them.
Include secondary requirements that become active when new evidence changes the operational picture.
Mission lifecycle fit
Where this record applies.
This list identifies the mission stages where the record is most likely to be implemented or reviewed. It does not prevent the requirement from influencing adjacent phases.
Search and implementation terms
Vocabulary carried by this record.
Supporting research
Deep links into the complete report archive.
The canonical record stays concise. These links preserve the longer argument, design context, limitations, and source lineage in the `/docs/` archive.
