Between Imprudent and Impossible, Survivability Implications of Threat Analysis or What Threats Should we Design Against

Abstract

This paper examines the threat analysis implications for combat vehicle design. It attempts to specify the proper threat analysis, which ties somewhere between designing the vehicle against all threats and designing against one specific threat. In doing so the paper discusses current threat analysis for defense acquisition, its problems and strengths while illustrating some pitfalls in threat analysis and their effects. The paper also discusses the notion of platform survivability vs. force survivability and how the threat analysis can be different in each case.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 13, 2002
Accession Number
ADA459800

Entities

People

  • Daniel Hicks
  • Frederick J. Schwarz
  • Jack Reed
  • W. Andrew Jackson

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Contracts
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Military Acquisition
  • Monitoring
  • Platforms
  • Security
  • Survivability
  • Vehicle Design
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design