EXERCISE WINTEX-CIMEX 83

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• Publication Date: July 7, 1982
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THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
SM-417-82
7 July 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief of Staff, US Army
Chief of Naval Operations
Chief of Staff, US Air Force
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Chief of the Defence Staff, National
Defence Headquarters, Canada
Commander in Chief, North American Aerospace
Defense Command
Director, International Communication Agency
Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
' Commandant, US Coast Guard
--Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Commander in Chief, Atlantic
US Commander in Chief, Europe
Commander in Chief, Military .Airlift Command
Commander in Chief, Pacific
Commander in Chief, US Readiness Command
Commander in Chief, US Southern Command
Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
Director of Strategic Target Planning
Director, Joint Deployment Agency
Commander, Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force
Manager, National Communications System'.
Director, Defense Communications Agency
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Director, Defense Logistics Agency
Director, Defense Mapping Agency
Director, Defense Nuclear Agency
Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency
Director, National Security Agency/Chief,
Central Security Service
Commander, Joint Coordination Center
Director, Joint Staff
Subject: Exercise WINTEX-CIMEX 83 (U)
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1. (U) The Annex provides concept and objectives planning for
Exercise WINTEX-CIMEX 83 for your planning or information, as
appropriate.
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2. (S) The scenario for WINTEX-CIMEX 83, as discussed in the Annex,
will provide participants with training in crisis management proce-
dures while addressing global commitments. The scenario is not
designed to exercise strategic nuclear plans and procedures (STOP,
SACEUR Scheduled Strike Program, or SACLANT Subsequent Operations).
For the US Joint Chiefs of Staff:
F. J. McCONVILLE
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ANNEX
CONCEPT AND OBJECTIVES FOR EXERCISE "WINTEX-CIMEX 83" (U)
1. (C) Exercise Concept. The Joint Chiefs of Staff will
sponsor a worldwide procedural general war command post
exercise (CPX) in CY 1983, "WINTEX-CIMEX 83," which will
interface with the NATO general war CPX of the same name.
a. (S) The political and intelligence background is
intended to describe a situation leading to a confrontation
between Orange and Blue nations. The lead-in scenarios
emphasize Orange perceptions of Blue weaknesses. Such
perceptions generate a chain of events by which limited
Orange political objectives supported by selectively
increased military buildup develop into a major conflict
with the Blue nations. Orange perceptions of Blue will be
combined with a belief that the presently favorable
correlation of forces in favor of Orange might disappear or
be neutralized in the near future.
b. (U) The political and intelligence lead-in scenarios
will:
(1) (C) Support early preparation for and deployment of
external reinforcements.
(2) (S) Vary intensity of play. Early stages will
stress political and maritime participants, whereas
middle and later stages will most affect civil and
military participants. Coordination among the nations
of the Alliance will be actively worked throughout the
exercise.
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(3) (S) Exercise Crisis Management procedures from
Simple Alert (SA) and Reinforced Alert (RA) to
consideration of the declaration of General Alert (GA)
(Phase 1). Exercise play from GA to end of the exercise
(ENDEX) (Phase 2) will be a period of successful
conventional defense, followed by increased Orange
efforts that justify request to NATO political
authorities for the initial use of nuclear weapons.
2. (S) Exercise Design and Objectives. Exercise WINTEX-CIMEX 83_
will consist of a pre-play period (17-23 February 1983)
followed by a two-phased active exercise period. Phase 1
(24 February - 3 March 1983) is the crisis phase and phase 2
(4-9 March 1983) is the war phase.
a. (S) Pre-play. The aim of this period of play will be to
exercise the early stages of crisis management, including
indications and warning. US headquarters will play between
12002 and 20002 daily, including Saturday and Sunday, to
insure trans-Atlantic consultation. Decisions made during
the pre-play period will be pre-planned and accepted by all
players. The objectives of the pre-play period are to:
(1) (S) Test existing civil and military arrangements
for crisis management and procedures for civilian/
military cooperation at both national and NATO levels.
(2) (S) Exercise and test reinforcement and logistic
plans during a period of tension.
(3) (S) Exercise the implementation of those alert
measures prescripted before start of the exercise
(STARTER), and the requests for a limited number of
selected measures during play.
(4) (S) Exercise and test procedures for obtaining,
deploying, and supporting maritime contingency forces.
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(5) (S) Test procedures for preparing and operating the
sea and air lines of communication.
b. (C) Exercise Play. The aim of WINTEX-CIMEX 83 is to
exercise civil and military authorities both national and
within NATO in order to maintain and improve NATO's ability
to function effectively in a period of crisis and war. The
broad objectives of the exercise are to:
(1) (C) Test the effectiveness of existing civil and
military arrangements for crisis and war and procedures
for civil/military cooperation of NATO and national
authorities.
(2) (C) Exercise and test reinforcement, logistic, and
resupply arrangements during a period of tension and
hostilities.
(3) (C) Exercise the implementation of alert systems and
practice national, civil, and military readiness
procedures.
(4) (C) Exercise political, military, and civil
consultations required for crisis management dur;ng a
period of rising tension and conflict involving nuclear
release procedures and to exercise the nuclear
consultation process, including consideration of
appropriate follow-on nuclear weapon contingency
planning. '
(5) (C) Test the procedures used to deploy forces in
support of selected OPLANs.
(6) (C) Test the ability of NATO to exercise cpmmapd and
control under a situation of degraded communications
systems.
(7) (C) Exercise defense of NATO sea and air lines of
communication.
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c. (U) Exericse WINTEX-CIMEX 83. The design of exercise
WINTEX-CIMEX 83 will:
(1) (C) Contribute to active participation and interplay
with the NATO participants. In this connection, all
scenario items must be compatible with and acceptable to
the NATO exercise. Events will be developed to portray
a scenario that is adequate to properly exercise
national resources.
(2) (C) Portray a situation in which Congress declares a
national emergency and the President directs full
mobilization,
(3) (C) Exercise applicable portions of the mobilization 12
and deployment plans and procedures of participating 13
unified and specified commands, Joint Deployment Agency 14
(JDA), Services, DOD agencies and elements, and OJCS in 15
support of a NATO-Warsaw Pact conflict and worldwide war 16
at sea. 17
(4) (C) Support mobilization and deployment efforts by 18
Federal civil departments and agencies. ~ 19
(5) (C) Provide a worldwide maritime environment that 20
supports warfighting at sea and extensive maritime 21
involvement in all global theaters. Pre-exercise US 22
carrier battle group (CVBG) dispositions will be six 23
operational CVBGs in the Atlantic and five operational 24
CVBGs in the Pacific. Two CVBGs from the Atlantic will 25
be located in the Mediterranean and two CVBGs from the 26
Pacific will be in the Indian Ocean. The Joint Chiefs 27
of Staff should make an early recommendation concerning 28
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(6) (C) Pacific forces committed to NATO (both SACEUR 30
and SACLANT) in the DPQ-81 Assigned category will move 31
in accordance with the OPLAN Time-Phased Force 32
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Deployment Data (TPFDD). Use of forces in the categories 1
of Earmarked and Other Forces for NATO should be 2
addressed. 3
3. (U) Specific National Objectives.. The specific objectives 4
for exercise WINTEX-CIMEX 83 are to: 5
a. (C) Execute and evaluate the Emergency Action Procedures 6
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in response to NCA decisions. 7
Evaluate procedures for transfer of authority (CHOP) with 8
NATO. 9
b. (C) Implement and evaluate the Crisis Staffing 10
Procedures of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 11
c. (C) Exercise and evaluate crisis management procedures 12
during increasing alert conditions, conventional war, and 13
selective nuclear weapon release procedures. 14
d. (C) Exercise the Joint Deployment System and the 15
capability of the JDA to coordinate and monitor deployment 16
operations. 1?
e. (C) Exercise DOD and Federal civil departments' and 18
agencies' plans for reinforcement of NATO. 19
f. (C) Exercise and evaluate conventional and unconven- 24
tional defense plans for Europe (NATO), the Atlantic, the 21
Pacific, and Alaska. 2?
g. (C) Exercise and evaluate the procedures for con- 23
sultations with the North Atlantic Council/Defense Planning 24
Committee, the selective release of tactical nuclear 25
weapons in Europe, and defense against chemical weapons 26
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h. (S) Exercise the operational utility and timeliness of 28
selected reporting systems. 29
i. (C) Exercise procedures for the collection, collation, 30
dissemination, and utilization of all-source tactical and 31
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national-level intelligence in a joint/combined
environment. Evaluate procedures for release of US
intelligence to NATO.
j. (C) Exercise and evaluate the plans and procedures of
theater and CONUS agencies concerned with noncombatant
evacuation and CONUS reception operations.
k. (C) Exercise the WWMCCS Intercomputer Network as it
supports the NCA, National Military Command System, unified
and specified commands, and the Services.
1. (C) Evaluate the adequacy of command center procedures
and communications. systems support.
m. (C) Exercise and evaluate the impact of selected C3
countermeasures on other exercise objectives, including the
interruption of satellite and other modes of communi-
cations, and degradation of NATO and US communications
systems. Exercise ability to restore and reroute the
Defense Communications System.
n. (S) Evaluate communications with Major NATO Commanders
in support of selective release procedures.
o. (C) Exercise specific logistic policies and procedures.
Logistic objectives will include:
(1) (C) Procedures for filling shortfalls in pre-
positioned war reserve materiel stocks.
(2) (C) Authority for NATO commanders to redistribute
selected assets.
(3) (C) Adequacy of host-nation support.
(4) (C) Movement and transportation reporting
procedures.
(5) (C) Effect of infrastructure limitations for
airfields, fuel and ammunition storage, port facilities,
and emergency repair facilities.
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(6) (C) Procedures to supply POL to multinational
maritime force from commercial sources.
(y) (C) Capability to support reinforcement and deployed
air/ground forces POL requirements.
(8) (C) Procedures to divert POL ocean tankers.
(9) (C) Procedures to place logistic support ships on a
wartime basis.
(10) (C) Civil and military medical facility capability
and agency cooperation during crisis.
(11) (C) Procedures for engineering support.
(12) (C) Procedures for personnel replacement and
fillers.
p. (C) Evaluate applicable portions of mobilization plans
and procedures.
q. (S) Exercise the implementation process and procedures
of the Canada-United States Basic Security Plan (MCC
100/28).
r. (S) Evaluate strategic lift capability to meet
requirements for deployment, aeromedical evacuation,
noncombatant evacuation operations, and replacement/filler
personnel, and movement of enemy grisoner of war personnel.
s. (C) Evaluate security assistance programs for non-NATO
allies during a major European war.
t. (C) Investigate the adequacy and utility of the joint
reporting structure and its interface with NATO reporting
systems.
u. (S) Exercise selected plans to deter, isolate, and
contain Cuba and protect Caribbean sea lines of
Communication (SLOCs).
v. (S) Exercise early reinforcement of Iceland and evaluate
impact on subsequent OPLANs.
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w. (S) Evaluate procedures and capabilities for all
Military Sealift Command shipping in support of CINC
OPLANs.
x. (S) Exercise and evaluate procedures for NORAD space and
missile warning missions as they apply in the United States
and NATO.
y. (C) Exercise casualty reporting and replacement
procedures.
4. (U) Phasing
a. (C) Planning Phase. This consists of developing the
exercise and establishing pre-exercise assumptions.
Assumptions will set the stage for the execution phase by
portraying a series of assumed events that identify initial
readiness preparations taken by the United States.
Included are actions short of open hostilities pertaining,
but not limited, to:
(1) (U) Mobilization.
(2) (C) Deployments in support of augmentation of
unified and specified commands.
(3) (U) Travel restrictions.
(4) (U) Noncombatant evacuation.
(5j (C) Readiness postures of supporting agencies and
commands, as well as force status.
b. (C) Pre-Exercise Phase. The pre-play phase of WINTEX-
CIMEX 83 will be conducted during a 7-day period on an
8-hour-per-day basis beginning at 1712002 February 1983 and
ending 2318002 February 1983. Services, commands, and
agencies should participate to the extent required to
accomplish objectives of this phase, which will deal
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primarily with deployment and consultation. It will also 1
include intensive player training and briefing to prepare 2
for the execution phase. 3
c. (S) Execution Phase. The execution phase will be played 4
on a 24-hour-per-day basis and divided into two phases-- 5
Crisis (Phase 1) and War (Phase 2). STARTEX is 2408002 6
February .1983. Phase 1 is the period from STARTEX until 7
declaration of .GA and Phase 2 is the period from GA until 8
ENDEX, 0916002 March 1983. Phase 1 will be concerned with 9
reinforcement play, crisis management, and alert 10
declarations. Phase 2 will be concerned with hostilities 11
and nuclear consultations. 12
(1) (S) Exercise play during Phase 1 will test national 13
as well as NATO crisis management procedures and 14
preparation for war. Allied nations as well as NATO 15
will be placed on a war footing, and steps will be taken 16
to prepare for war. 17
(2) (S) Play during Phase 2 will be concerned with 18
national support of NATO and nuclear consultations. ~~ 19
Decisionmakers must also contend with domestic problems 2U
and international contingencies in Southwest Asia and ~ 21
Central America and with warfighting on Atlantic and 2?
Pacific SLOCs. 23
(3) (S) Before STARTEX, the broad scenario will depict a 24
period of rising tension that is worldwide in scope. In 25
the European area, there will be a protracted warning 26
period portraying strategy to reestablish by use of ~ 2?
military pressure the Orange predominance within the 28
Soviet Bloc and the Orange readiness to use military 29
means to reinforce political pressure on the West. To 30
enhance NATO's defensive capability and display a common. 31
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deterrence to that threat, the Blue DPC decides to
reinforce Europe on 1 February 1983. Simultaneous with
this period of rising tension will be a rapid
deterioration of political, economic, and military
conditions worldwide. Tensions in Southwest Asia will
continue to threaten US and Blue oil supplies.
Political and economic unrest will exist in Southeast
Asia. US merchant shipping will be harassed by Orange
ships in PACOM posing a significant threat to Blue water
and intercoastal trade between west coast ports
and Alaska. The threat of hostilities continues
in the Northern Pacific, Southwest Asia, and Central
America. Domestic unrest and resistance to the
reinforcement of Europe result in demonstrations and
antinuclear discord.
d. (C) Post-Exercise Phase. The post-exercise phase will
include a critique and analysis and the identification of
shortfalls based on stated exercise analysis objectives,
all of which will be utilized as a framework for remedial
action.
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