Mobile Defense is described as:

Mobile Defense is described as:

• A. Focus on holding terrain and protecting assets.
• B. A defensive plan to avoid engagement.
• C. A rapid movement to reconfigure forces.
• D. Focus on destroying enemy with a counterattack.

Answer: (D)

Mobile Defense relies on delaying the enemy, preserving forces, and then striking with a mobile counterattack to destroy them and regain the initiative. The goal is to convert a delaying action into a decisive blow, rather than simply holding ground or avoiding engagement. After the delay, reserves and maneuverable forces exploit weaknesses, often in favorable terrain or with the attacker’s momentum checked, to launch a decisive attack that disrupts and destroys a significant portion of the enemy’s force. This approach emphasizes the offensive result of the defense—not just staying put—by producing a powerful counterstrike at the right moment. The other options describe static holding, avoidance, or mere reconfiguration without the decisive counterattack that characterizes mobile defense.

Mobile Defense relies on delaying the enemy, preserving forces, and then striking with a mobile counterattack to destroy them and regain the initiative. The goal is to convert a delaying action into a decisive blow, rather than simply holding ground or avoiding engagement. After the delay, reserves and maneuverable forces exploit weaknesses, often in favorable terrain or with the attacker’s momentum checked, to launch a decisive attack that disrupts and destroys a significant portion of the enemy’s force. This approach emphasizes the offensive result of the defense—not just staying put—by producing a powerful counterstrike at the right moment. The other options describe static holding, avoidance, or mere reconfiguration without the decisive counterattack that characterizes mobile defense.