Proximity-Based Overmatching Fires From the Total Force

Abstract

Technology now permits control of fires from multiple, dissimilar platforms from many units across a wide area. Target allocation could be based on physical ability of a platform to engage a given target, subject to immediate mission and conditions. This would be based on ballistics, proximity, and terrain, regardless of unit affiliation. These platforms could belong to many units of differing types in different chains of command. The result would be an overwhelming level of fire from many small entities against larger ones. The implementation and advantages and disadvantages of such a scheme are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA441020

Entities

People

  • John H. Brand
  • Kenneth Yagrich

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Ammunition
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Indirect Fire
  • Infantry Fighting Vehicles
  • Military History
  • Mortar Ammunition
  • Munitions
  • Munitions Testing
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design