Danger Close describes ordinance delivery at which distance?

Danger Close describes ordinance delivery at which distance?

• A. Ordnance delivery beyond the 0.1 percent Probability of Incapacititation (PI) distance.
• B. Ordnance delivery inside a defined 5 meter radius
• C. Ordnance delivery inside the 0.1 percent Probability of Incapacititation distance. GFC must accept the risk.
• D. Ordnance delivery inside the 0.5 percent PI distance.

Answer: (C)

Danger Close means delivering ordnance within a distance where the risk to friendly forces is significant and must be explicitly accepted by the Ground Forces Commander. The boundary used is the 0.1 percent probability of incapacitation distance. Inside that radius, the chance of causing incapacitation is 0.1% or higher, so the Ground Forces Commander must personally accept the risk. The other options don’t fit because danger close isn’t defined by a fixed 5-meter radius, nor by delivering beyond the 0.1% boundary, and using a larger 0.5% PI distance would encompass a bigger area but is not the standard threshold for danger close.

Danger Close means delivering ordnance within a distance where the risk to friendly forces is significant and must be explicitly accepted by the Ground Forces Commander. The boundary used is the 0.1 percent probability of incapacitation distance. Inside that radius, the chance of causing incapacitation is 0.1% or higher, so the Ground Forces Commander must personally accept the risk. The other options don’t fit because danger close isn’t defined by a fixed 5-meter radius, nor by delivering beyond the 0.1% boundary, and using a larger 0.5% PI distance would encompass a bigger area but is not the standard threshold for danger close.