Define decision superiority in C2 terms.

• A. Decision superiority means making decisions faster than the enemy, regardless of accuracy.
• B. Decision superiority means having access to all information at all times.
• C. Decision superiority is the ability to make timely, accurate decisions that produce advantageous outcomes for the operation in most cases.
• D. Decision superiority is achieved by maximizing speed at the expense of accuracy.

Answer: (B)

Decision superiority in C2 terms means the ability to make timely, accurate decisions that produce advantageous outcomes for the operation in most cases. This depends on effective sensemaking, shared understanding, and disciplined execution so the command can maintain tempo and initiative even when information is incomplete or contested. It emphasizes quality of decision and speed in action, not perfection of information or blind speed.

Having access to all information at all times is unrealistic, since information is never complete or perfectly reliable. And speed without accuracy isn’t superior, but inefficient or unsafe. So the best definition captures making timely, accurate decisions that yield advantageous effects, most of the time.