This United States Army publication, Field Manual FM 3-01.44 Short-Range Air Defense Operations July 2022, provides guidance for short-range air defense (SHORAD). The manual describes how SHORAD is planned, coordinated, integrated, synchronized, and executed. It is not intended to provide prescriptive solutions for air defense. The manual provides general guidance and allows commanders the versatility to employ SHORAD forces as they deem necessary. Emerging SHORAD systems will be included as they begin to be fielded in the future.
The target audience for this publication encompasses leaders at all levels from the corps commander to the air defense artillery (ADA) team chief. It will also aid the joint force commander in planning and executing air and missile defense (AMD) operations throughout the battlefield and can be beneficial for sensor employment, collection management, target development and force application.