Modeling the Acquisition and Engagement of Relocatable Nuclear Targets

Abstract

The US Army Concepts Analysis Agency (CAA) is responsible for modeling the employment of tactical nuclear weapons at the theater level. Currently available simulations that model the exchange of tactical nuclear weapons require much time to set up and run. CAA has developed a simple probability model based on alternating renewal processes to provide a quick estimate of the probability that a relocatable combat unit can be acquired and engaged by nuclear weapons, without a loss in accuracy compared to the detailed simulation. The model may be applied to either tactical or strategic relocatable targets. Keywords: Simulations models; Probability models; Theater combat model; Target acquisition; Strategic relocatable target.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212881

Entities

People

  • Mark A. Youngren

Organizations

  • Center for Army Analysis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Artillery
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • High Resolution
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Warfare
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Simulations
  • Target Acquisition
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.