1-13. Peer threats will attempt to isolate friendly forces in all domains and the information environment to force friendly forces to culminate prior to accomplishing their mission. Examples of enemy operations to isolate include disruption of friendly communications, deception operations, operations to separate allies diplomatically, or operations to physically fix units. The threat will employ their fires in an attempt to isolate friendly units. In large-scale combat operations, peer threats will attempt to isolate tactical forces to prevent their mutual support, allowing the defeat of friendly forces in detail. Commanders create effects with fires that remove the threat’s ability to isolate by destroying, disrupting, or otherwise defeating the threat’s means to isolate friendly forces.