TY - BOOK AU - BUTLER Mat TI - Effects based targeting: the future of targeting for the Royal Australian Air Force SN - 9781920800338 (pbk) PY - 2008/// CY - Canberra ACT. PB - Air Power Centre KW - AUSTRALIA KW - AIR POWER KW - TARGET ACQUISTION KW - DECISION MAKING KW - AIR WARFARE N2 - An exploration of effects-based targeting methodologythat involves both the arrangement of ideas (the theory behind the concepts), and its practical implementation (examples from air campaigns in the past). Effects-based targeting is more than a 'future' concept. The examination of historical case studies often reveals how effects-based targeting concepts were conceived, how they were implemented, what objectives were sought, what were their successes and failures, and what information of value may be drawn from those experiences ER -