An Effect Based Approach to the Application of Weapon Systems

Abstract

Nowadays, western armed forces more and more use the effects of their actions as a starting point for operations. Concepts such as Effect Based (Approach to) Operations, Comprehensive Approach and others display this evolution. When it comes to weapon systems, the armed forces struggle to use these concepts and to translate them into guidelines. Therefore, TNO tries to set up a methodology to efficiently use effects as a starting point to answer questions related to the acquisition and use of weapon systems. One part of the TNO work is focused on designing a quick and simple method to match multiple weapon systems to multiple tasks. The method matches the effects that are required by the tasks to the effects that can be reached by using the weapon system. The method gives way to tools, for instance:

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA568306

Entities

People

  • Theo Van Rijn
  • Wouter R. Van Dalen

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Attrition
  • Collateral Damage
  • Environment
  • Information Operations
  • Infrastructure
  • Instructions
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Operations
  • Platforms
  • Systems Analysis
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.