Moving Targets and Joint Theater Missile Defense Doctrine: Does it Apply to Locating and Engaging the Needle in the Haystack?

Abstract

Moving targets are those characterized by substantial mobility. Due to this mobility, targeting information is transient in nature lasting only hours or even minutes. This makes moving targets hard to engage. In the recent past, by the time the target was acquired, identified and targeted, it had relocated making engagement unproductive. Information technologies (network centric and sensor to shooter concepts) are making this sequence of actions faster and making it viable now to target these time critical, moving targets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 05, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363153

Entities

People

  • Robert T. Thompson Jr

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Artillery
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Combat Areas
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Fire Support
  • Information Systems
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Operations Security
  • Theater Missile Defense
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design