Battle Management in Space.
Abstract
This paper seeks to provoke the thought of whether the battle manager of the future will be a human or a computer and where he/it will be located. The sensors, weapons and problems with the missile attack warning systems threat need to be understood before decisions can be made about the future. I talk about technology driving the decisions and the time to make the decisions being key factors in space battle management. We look at when and how to kill a missile launched either from Soviet soil or Space and the myriad of things that must happen before the battle manager can make a decision. The first being that the missile(s) must be detected; then all the information about the missile(s) needs to be passed to the battle manager and all the decision makers in the chain of command including the National Command Authority. I emphasize the communication process must be fast and not affected by either jamming or nuclear bursts and it also must be designed so that if a part is destroyed the system is still responsive to the battle manager. Questions such as should only the United States be protected by this system or should it include our allies; and then who are they and should an international body control the system are asked. I finally conclude that the battle manager of the future will be located in Space.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA177763
Entities
People
- Ralph E. Warner Ii
Organizations
- Air War College