WEAPON SYSTEM POSTURESRELATIONSHIP AMONG WEAPON POSTURE, READINESS CONDITION, AND THREAT WARNING

• Provides standardized method to quickly determine actions required to make weapon postures ready and safeguards that must be relaxed to conduct firings.

• Offers flexibility to specify weapon system configuration independent of readiness conditions or force threat warnings TACNOTE XZ0050-2-94

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• These restrictions are largely focused on peace time operations. Heightened alert conditions within the fleet or battle group (ARG) will probably lead to transitions out of weapons postures.

• There are requirements to conduct live exercise firing of weapons while in weapons postures; the guidance must be followed, albeit sometimes arduous and cumbersome.

• For the first time in history the Group Commander has a widely accepted method for ordering his entire group into some KNOWN state of weapons readiness.