MASK: A Tactical Aid for Planning Air Strikes against Radar Defended Land Targets.

Abstract

This thesis presents an interactive computer program called MASK which generates radar and optical line-of-sight coverage envelopes based on terrain masking and refractive propagation effects. MASK is designed primarily as an aid in planning air strikes against radar defended land targets and has additional applications to air defense network planning. A large digital terrain data base provides extensive coverage of potential areas of interest to the tactical planner. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA136771

Entities

People

  • D. B. Mckinney

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Strikes
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Defense Systems
  • Earth Models
  • Grids
  • Line Of Sight
  • Operating Systems
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radar
  • Terrain Masking
  • Warfare
  • World Geodetic System

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.