Which operation means building on gains already made to extend success?

Which operation means building on gains already made to extend success?

• A. Exploitation
• B. Pursuit
• C. Ambush
• D. Deliberate operations

Answer: (A)

Exploitation is about capitalizing on a successful result to extend the advantage. After a local success, exploitation pushes further, maintains tempo, and concentrates effort where the win was achieved to deny the enemy a chance to recover. It aims to secure gains, disrupt enemy coherence, and push toward additional objectives, turning momentum into continued progress. Pursuit focuses on preventing retreat or regrouping of the enemy, not specifically on building the gains already made. An ambush is a surprise attack from a concealed position, not about extending momentum. Deliberate operations are planned, longer-term actions, which can be part of the overall course but do not inherently describe the act of pushing to extend immediate gains.

Exploitation is about capitalizing on a successful result to extend the advantage. After a local success, exploitation pushes further, maintains tempo, and concentrates effort where the win was achieved to deny the enemy a chance to recover. It aims to secure gains, disrupt enemy coherence, and push toward additional objectives, turning momentum into continued progress.

Pursuit focuses on preventing retreat or regrouping of the enemy, not specifically on building the gains already made. An ambush is a surprise attack from a concealed position, not about extending momentum. Deliberate operations are planned, longer-term actions, which can be part of the overall course but do not inherently describe the act of pushing to extend immediate gains.