AMC-SWMO Countermeasures Study. Volume 1. Guide to How Countermeasures Affect Smart Weapons
Abstract
This volume provides background technical and programmatic information on the complex subject of how smart weapons (SW) are affected by countermeasures (CM) on the battlefield. It defines CMs as devices, techniques, or actions that respond to a specific weapon or capability. The volumes covers threat CMs and how US Army SW can be made more robust in a CM environment. It focuses on the technical details of threat CM classes. These are designated: signature alteration, decoys and deception; obscurants, and jammers and directed energy weapons (DEW). In additions to technical discussions on the CM classes, it also includes the process by which the Army incorporates CM effects into the design, analysis, requirements, definition and testing of SW. It gives the current roles and responsibilities of various government agencies involved in the CM assessment process. Guidelines and suggestions are presented and discussed to assist the smart weapon system program manager (PM) in ensuring that more CM robust smart weapons are developed. Although the PM is the primary focus of this volume, everyone involved in the SW and CM planning process should benefit from the information provided.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA263833
Entities
People
- Eric J. Borg
- Kim Eubank
- Tom C. Weaver
- William B. Matkin