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MARITIME DOCTRINE OF SRI LANKA
Courage

Courage is the ability to control our fear in a dangerous or difficult situation and
strength of character to do what is right in the face of adversity. It demands unwavering
obedience to moral principles.

Course of Action
Any sequence of activities that an individual or unit may follow. A scheme developed
to accomplish a mission.

Cover
These are the operations conducted to provide support to less powerful units or
detached elements in order to provide security to the detached units out at sea.

Critical Capability
A means that is considered a crucial enabler for a center of gravity to function as such
and is essential to the accomplishment of the specified or assumed objective(s).

Critical Factors
An attribute considered crucial for the accomplishment of the objective that describes
the environment and must be identified and classified as either sufficient or insufficient.

Critical Information
Specific facts about friendly intentions, capabilities, and activities vitally needed
by adversaries for them to plan and act effectively so as to guarantee failure or
unacceptable consequences for friendly mission accomplishment.

Critical Requirement

An essential condition, resource, and means for a critical capability to be fully
operational.

Critical Vulnerability

An aspect of a critical requirement which is deficient or vulnerable to direct or indirect
attack that will create decisive or significance effects.

Decisive Point

A geographic place, specific key event, critical factor, or function that, when acted upon,
allows commanders to gain a marked advantage over an adversary or contribute

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