of THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE IN WORLD WAR II SOME OPERATIONAL ART CONSIDERATIONS The World War II V-l and V-2 attacks by Germany were the first effective use of theater missiles, and the first instance of a requirement for theater missile defense (TMD). The Allied response to German cruise (V-l) and ballistic (V-2) missile attacks incorporated all the elements of modern TMD concepts—Active Defens...

In traditional engagement model, there is only one single weapon or platform which resists to another single one, and the connections between members are few, so the complete and global information in engagement space can’t be utilized sufficiently, which directly results in traditional model is confronting with more and more disadvantages especially as the high-tech and information-tech are de...

n the Air Defense Systems Department, systems engineering is a way of thinking. More than a “process,” the systems perspective drives our approach to solving emerging air and missile defense problems as the threat becomes more advanced and the tactical environment more complex. This perspective and the requisite tools have evolved with the increasing complexity of those systems. In this article...

A severe threat encountered in many international peacekeeping and peace forcing operations is that of rockets, artillery, and mortars (RAM) fired by insurgents towards military bases, troops, and other assets. Attacks like these have cost many human lives in places like Iraq and Afghanistan during recent years. Similar attacks are faced by civilians in some parts of Israel on a regular basis, ...

The unprecedented technological development in the field of weapons and ammunition used airspace, at low very altitudes, is one major challenges that traditional air defence systems have to face. To this end, military specialists modern armies pay special attention new types threats seek solutions maintain a balanced situation airspace security. In regard, number transformations VSHORAD, SHORAD...

Naval warfare is shifting from an almost exclusive deep water, open ocean engagement to a littoral environment where high-value surface ships are forced to operate in close proximity to land, exposing those ships to a new, significant threat the high speed, sea skimming missile launched from coastal defenses, mobile land launchers, and patrol craft and maritime aircraft operating close to shore...

A simple and reliable computer code has been devised for evaluating various design parameters, and predicting the penetration performance of concrete piercing earth shock missile-warhead and will be useful to the designers of earth penetrating weapon system.

Ballistic missiles and Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapons operate using similar technological means but not with the same level of technology or engineering maturity. ASATs require a more sophisticated systems engineering and integration requirements to be able to adapt to the challenges posed by an ASAT intercept. The main difficulty arises from the requirements for detection in space and the high ...

The development of modern air defense missile systems requires robust simulations to adequately place margins on hardware and software design. Coupled with this is the need to accurately model surface reflections that constitute clutter to the missile system. A thorough understanding of these reflections is becoming increasingly important as the air defense threat evolves from large, high-altit...