Line 3A describes Identification Authority (IDA). What does IDA specify?

• A. How Patriot identifies tracks
• B. Who has authority to identify track
• C. Classification - type of track
• D. Discrimination - real or fake

Answer: (B)

Identification Authority is about who is authorized to make a positive identification of a track in Patriot. It specifies who has the authority to identify a target, which helps ensure that identifications reflect proper command and accountability and reduces the risk of misidentification.

This is why the correct choice is that the IDA defines who has the authority to identify a track. The other ideas describe different parts of the system: how the system identifies tracks is a matter of the identification process itself, not who is allowed to make the identification; classification would be about the type of target; and discrimination would involve distinguishing real targets from decoys or false targets.