Time-Critical Targeting: Predictive Versus Reactionary Methods: An Analysis for the Future

Abstract

Experiences in Operations Desert Storm and Allied Force highlighted a significant weakness in the USAF's ability to engage time-critical targets. The weakness stems from airpower's inability to employ force quickly and kill an emerging target before it disappears back into hiding. USAF's engagement sequence, called the kill chain, is not fast enough to detect, locate, identify, and engage the target. Experience shows that the enemy has used this method of emerging, engaging, and dispersing since the beginning of time, and because it is still effective, the enemy has little reason to change.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA424863

Entities

People

  • Gregory S. Marzolf

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Detection
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Munitions Testing
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Satellite Guided Weapons
  • Surveillance
  • Time Sensitive Targets
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

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