Which concept describes weapons coverage concentrated toward the most likely threat avenue of approach or direction of attack?

• A. Weighted Coverage
• B. Overlapping Coverage
• C. Kill Chain
• D. Keep-Out Range

Answer: (A)

The main idea is focusing guns and sensors toward the path the enemy is most likely to use. This is weighted coverage: you assign more protection and shorter engagement timelines to the threats along the most probable avenue of approach, based on threat assessment. By concentrating density where it matters most, you maximize the chance of an effective kill before the attacker reaches less defended areas, while using resources efficiently.

If the scenario called for protection across multiple directions without prioritizing one path, you’d instead see broader, more evenly distributed coverage, which is not what weighted coverage describes. Overlapping coverage emphasizes redundancy and gap-free areas, the kill chain is about the sequence from detection to engagement, and keep-out range is a safety boundary, not a method for prioritizing threat directions.