A Model for Estimating the Collateral Damage Resulting From an Intercepted Theater/Tactical Ballistic Missile.

Abstract

The ability to produce an accurate estimate of the expected amount of damage that will occur to a targeted region from the fragments generated by intercepting a Theater/Tactical Ballistic Missile (TBM) in flight is necessary for determining whether the TBM should or should not be intercepted. For a sea-based Theater Missile Defense (TMD) system capable of predicting the remaining portion of the TBM's trajectory along with its impact point from its current and past flight parameters, possessing this ability may prevent unnecessary intercepts, and thus unnecessary damage. This thesis proposes a simplistic simulation model that produces expected damage estimates for various intercept ranges. Damage is evaluated in three areas: number of fragments to impact the target region, total mass to impact the target region, and total kinetic energy to impact the target region. The values generated by this model can aid in the decision of whether to intercept the TBM or not by comparing them against the expected damage values caused by the unintercepted TBM which are calculated by the sea-based TMD system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA294715

Entities

People

  • Joseph M. Oliver

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Collateral Damage
  • Energy
  • Impact Point
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Sea Based
  • Simulations
  • Tactical Ballistic Missiles
  • Theater Missile Defense
  • Trajectories
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Missile Defense Systems.