Tactical Flexibility as a Measure of the Cost-Effectiveness of Dual Mode Weapon Systems.

Abstract

In the past, the effectiveness of dual-mode weapon systems, i.e., systems which can attack and defend, was evaluated with the aid of expected frequencies of occurrence of the two modes derived from exogenous studies. Since the use of expected frequencies suffers from a number of shortcomings such as subjectivity, irrelevance and, at times, ambiguity, an alternative methodology for the evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of dual-mode weapon systems is proposed in this paper based on the concept of tactical flexibility. This proposed methodology is then applied to a hypothetical problem of selecting a main battle tank using fictitious exchange ratios and cost data. The results obtained indicate that a conceptually simple but potentially useful tool has been developed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0737216

Entities

People

  • Salvador B. Layno

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ambiguity
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Dual Mode
  • Frequency
  • Resilience
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design