Airborne Platforms versus Airbreathing Strategic Threats. A Performance Assessment Methodology.

Abstract

This paper presents a new methodology for assessing the performance of area defense weapon systems against airbreathing strategic threats. The methodology is probabilistic rather than simulative. It intertwines surveillance sensor, interceptor, and command, control and communication network. Furthermore, it allows for incorporating the propensity of the airbreathing threats to maneuver. The probabilistic approach provides the tools for direct sensitivity analyses against overall weapon system performance including tracking errors. The approach is amenable to direct interceptor scheduling and yields closed-form solutions, thus permitting relatively easy (and inexpensive) programming. The analytical presentation of the model is supplemented by a computerization and a numerical example. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA091700

Entities

People

  • A. Foster Cooper
  • Bruno J. Manz
  • Courtlandt L. Bohn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Area Defense
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Convolution Integrals
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Dead Time
  • Defense Systems
  • Distribution Functions
  • Geometry
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Materials
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design