What does KT stand for?

When all the battles were over the Allies were in control of five key terrain features.

Of the three, smooth plains are a key terrain type," she said.

The most likely breach points along the primary and secondary corridor are considered key terrain as are areas of sanctuary which provide key logistical and command and control (C2) capability.

The assault variant will offer a remote reconnaissance capability; will deploy sensors; employ direct-fire weapons against the enemy; locate or by-pass threats in buildings, bunkers, tunnels and other urban features; assess battle damage; act as a communications relay; support mounted and dismounted forces with direct fire and anti-tank (AT) weapons; and occupy key terrain and provide over-watching fires.

The AVR-A will <<remotely provide reconnaissance capability, deploy sensors, direct-fire weapons, and special munitions into buildings, bunkers, and other urban features, locate or by-pass threat obstacles in buildings, bunkers, and tunnels, and other urban features, assess battle damage, act as a communications relay, support the mounted and dismounted forces in the assault with direct fire and anti-tank weapons and occupy key terrain and provide over-watching fires>>, according to an army statement.

Ask soldiers who already have operated in the area you are going into, such as your battalion scouts, about obstacles and mines, avenues of approach and mobility corridors, cover and concealment possibilities, observation and fields of fire, and key terrain.

Indeed, with network-enabled capability, our ground forces can now be ordered to move rapidly forward to seize key terrain and vital installations without worrying too much about what is happening elsewhere.

Against this nuclear backdrop, the Pakistanis took an extremely dangerous and calculated risk in the past months by permitting the jihadis (Islamic holy warriors) to occupy key terrain overlooking Kargil - the main road between Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, and Leh, the main city of Ladakh, Indian territory next to Tibet.