Solving the Problem of Time-Sensitive Targeting
Abstract
The military community and defense contractors have developed an active interest in improving the military's ability to destroy time-sensitive targets (TST) ever since the threat of Scud missile launchers during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. More recently the Yugoslavs demonstrated in Kosovo that adversaries are getting even better at protecting these important and dangerous targets by continually moving them, building vast numbers of decoys and using camouflage and concealment. This will only make the problem more difficult in the future. However, along with the adversaries improving their techniques to protect these targets, the United States military has developed enormous capabilities in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) ; Command and Control (C2) communication; and computer systems that have improved their ability to destroy these time-sensitive targets. The only major problem that remains is how to integrate all these capabilities into the most efficient time-sensitive target destroying machine. The answer is a time-sensitive targeting cell resident in the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) that builds a total picture from all of the ISR assets available, makes rapid decisions based on the information gathered, and assigns the right asset to destroy the fleeting target.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 03, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA415574
Entities
People
- Jonathan L. Jackson
Organizations
- Naval War College