The Effect of Sensor Accuracy on Naval Gunfire Support Mission Effectiveness

Abstract

The thesis investigates the effects of errors in two shipboard sensors, the gyrocompass system and the peloruses, on a ship's mission effectiveness. The missions considered were a series of specially constrained shore bombardment missions. Various gyrocompass errors were investigated against area targets of varying radii. The ultimate benefit which will hopefully be realized is that force commanders will be provided with a means to quantitatively evaluate the inherent capabilities of the various ships under their commands in assigning ships to specific missions. In addition, a tactical innovation is suggested which could improve naval shore bombardment capabilities by partially countering the deleterious effect of ship's gyro error in indirect fire missions where spotting is not available.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0714603

Entities

People

  • Thomas C. Winant

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Degradation
  • Dispersions
  • Displacement
  • Gunfire
  • Indirect Fire
  • Line Of Sight
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Normal Distribution
  • Observers
  • Peloruses
  • Projectiles
  • Standards
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design