Optimizing Tomahawk Strikes

Abstract

The Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) is the Navy's weapon of choice for striking shore targets from the sea. A TLAM launched from a surface combatant or a submarine is a reliable, unmanned, long-range, accurate weapon with sufficient payload to threaten almost any shore target. The Operations Research Department at the Naval Postgraduate School has developed optimization-based decision support tools to optimize TLAM strikes from single firing units or entire battle groups. The idea is to execute each strike efficiently while retaining residual firepower, and while considering a number of other essential details. By applying mathematical modeling, the result is the ability to plan fleet and theater-wide strikes in seconds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA386346

Entities

People

  • Alexandra M. Newman
  • Anton A. Rowe
  • Gerald G. Jerry Brown
  • Richard E. Rosenthal

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Information Centers
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Engineering
  • Firepower
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Guidance
  • Land Attack Missiles
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Military Research
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Robotics
  • Surface Warfare
  • User Interface
  • Uss Shiloh
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs