Roskanan Escalation Ladder - Military Readiness Ladder

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REL - MRL
ROSKANAN ESCALATION LADDER / MILITARY READINESS LADDER

Key:
Numbered: Upward Escalation - V's: Vertical Escalation
- Start at the bottom, and work your way up.

18. All out naval bombardment of cities, ports, bases and infrastructure
17. Unrestricted (Or reciprocal) use of chemical and biological weapons - V1: Targeting military formations and sites is the MO. - V2: If friendly civilians harmed, or it is authorized by high command/is reciprocal, target civilian sites for revenge attacks.
16. Unrestricted Targeting of civilian and military infrastructure - V1: Soldiers may be executed unless ROE or agreement dictates otherwise - V2: If no agreement exists or an existing one is broken, assume V1.

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All-Out War Threshold - DEFCON 1

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15. Unrestricted attacks against war critical infrastructure - V1: Can include civilian infrastructure if it has a significant military use.
14. Targeting of economic targets with naval and other assets for restricted bombing and strikes
13. Large scale use of artillery and airpower in actions against cities, towns, bases, etc. - V1: Civilians may be shot for interference.
12. Large scale conventional military campaigns against opposition - V1: Cities become targets of attacks with the aim to occupy and hold.

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Major Conventional Warfare Threshold - DEFCON 2-3

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11. Total Mobilization of all services - V1: Call Reservists and National Guard Formations into action
10. Infliction of damage on targets of importance, railroads, power infrastructure, potentially communications infrastructure, etc.
9. Total Military Blockade
8. Reinforce Key Units and Logistics/Stockpiles

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Conventional Warfare Threshold - DEFCON-3

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7. Unconventional action using covert units against enemy core territories - V1: target critical infrastructure to military operations for sabotage
6. Unconventional but overt offensive action on border with regular army/marine units, restricted to outlying areas or select area - V2: Expand geographic scope of conflict through covert units or with additional small forces of regular army/marines.
5. Naval blockade and embargo of goods - V1: expand embargo to include enemy's allies - V2: Expand blockade to include in-sea interdiction
4. Unconventional and/or covert retaliation - V1: Coordinated Unconventional campaign, may be indirect and use partisans or non-regular troops such as supported rebels - V2: Coordinated Covert Campaign

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Hot Warfare Threshold - DEFCON 3-4

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3. Selective mobilization of the armed forces - V1: Ask allies to mobilize some units if viable
2. Military exercises, weapons tests, signalling for awareness
1. Pre-crisis maneuvering, gestures and diplomacy

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PEACETIME RUNG - DEFCON 4-5 / 5

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0. Normal Operations

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Notice:
The Escalation Ladder is more of a guiding hand rather than 'THIS IS THE NEXT STEP', and while it is generally good to follow the guidelines and to work in spirit of them situations may require unique approaches that roughly correspond to the REL/MRL (But are not defined within it), or may require 'Leaping' escalation in response to a situation as the circumstances permit.