Which term is NOT an AMD Principle?

• A. Mass
• B. Stability
• C. Agility
• D. Integration

Answer: (B)

The AMD Principles center on how to shape and execute a layered, synchronized defense: mass, agility, and integration. Mass means concentrating firepower and sensors to overwhelm and deny threats at the right place and time, leveraging a coordinated, multi-layered effect. Agility is about rapid decision-making and the ability to reallocate assets quickly as threats evolve, so the defense can adapt rather than stagnate. Integration binds all parts of the system—radars, shooters, C2—into a single, common operating picture with synchronized action, ensuring that information, targeting data, and fires are tightly coordinated.

Stability isn’t listed as a formal AMD Principle; it’s more of an outcome or characteristic you want a system to maintain, but it doesn’t define the way AMD elements are employed. So the term that isn’t an AMD Principle is stability.