34 Chapter 5 IDF Force Buildup 1. Military force is designed to protect the integrity of the State of Israel and the security of its residents enabling the political echelon to promote the state's national security policy and vital national interests. In the military field, these goals will be achieved by the IDF's ability to deter potential enemies, prevent and thwart developing threats, encounter them, and protect the strategic and civilian rear. 2. Force buildup aims to create the capabilities needed to realize the IDF's goals and use them against its enemies. Thus the force buildup contributes to deterrence and structures the future combat environment. 3. The goals of the force buildup are preparedness, which is the ability of the IDF to meet the use of force objectives, and strengthening, which is the IDF’s future capability. It is affected by the tension between the security requirements and resources constraints, as well as between the slow pace of the strengthening process and the speed of changes within the strategic and operative environment. Guiding Principles of Force Buildup 4. The principles of the force buildup combine the above use of force principles, with some exceptions unique to this discipline. Building the IDF's Relative Advantage 5. In order to attain the ability to achieve decisive results, the IDF must develop the following components: a. Maneuverability. b. Effective use of fire. c. High-quality intelligence to cause a distinct damage to the enemy. d. Protection from high trajectory fire. e. Networking.