Harbor Protection Against Terrorist Threats: Difficulties and Possible Solutions
Abstract
Ships play an important part on the scene of current conflicts. This is why they must be protected both in their home port and in other operating harbors. Also, because they are a symbol, an extension of a state's territory, they are a potential target for terrorists, fact that was demonstrated in 2000 by the action against USS Cole in Yemen, or in 1995 against the Sri Lanka Navy. An integrated harbor protection system must be prepared early on so that it permanently supplies information that will lead to reducing adverse actions effects, and increasing the global performance of the reaction force. A complex of detection technologies is needed so that the information is redundant and it ensures a false alarm rate as low as possible, and target tracking to be done accurately and automatically. From this point of view, designing such a system implies conducting studies about threat and sensor characteristics, data fusion, complex systems architecture, etc.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA485049
Entities
People
- Georgica Slamnoiu
- Liviu Cosereanu
- Liviu Zarnescu
- Ovidiu Radu