Considerations for Survivability Mapping of Obscurant Effects

Abstract

Obscurant effects were not described in sufficient detail in the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate (SLAD) vulnerability/lethality (VL) taxonomy. There were shortcomings in coupling the obscurant effects to target engagement, missile flyout, and probability of hit (Ph) that surfaced during modeling for the Improved Bradley Acquisition System (IBAS). This report describes the methodology used to fix these shortcomings. Obscurant effects are described and are related to effects on target engagement and hit. The report concludes with a set of logical steps and procedures to implement this methodology in a larger VL framework.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA384023

Entities

People

  • James F. Nealon

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Extinction
  • False Targets
  • Guidance
  • Information Operations
  • Land Warfare
  • Laser Pulses
  • Line Of Sight
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Obscurants
  • Survivability
  • Targets
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.