Propulsion, Engines and Missiles: Antimissile Defense Systems

Physics of Kinetic Energy Rod Warheads Against TBM Submunition Payloads

1999

23 pages

Authors: Richard M. Lloyd; RAYTHEON SYSTEMS CO TEWKSBURY MA

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New warhead technologies have been designed and developed to obtain high lethality against chemical and biological ballistic missile payloads. Thesenew kinetic energy (KE) rod warheads slowly deploy high density metal penetrators in the target's direction. A high spray density cloud is generated which flood loads the payload inflicting catastrophic damage. These new warhead devices deploy 16 times more mass in the target direction compared to today's blast fragmentation concepts. The ...

Virtual Flight Testing Concepts and Applications

1999

10 pages

Authors: Earl Reed; Susan Campbell; Brian Mann; XONTECH INC HUNTINGTON BEACH CA

Virtual Flight Testing offers a world of diversity, flexibility and possibility to the test and verification community. The cost savings are tremendous, while overcoming many of the limitations associated with traditional digital simulations. Virtual flight testing allows the tester to use REAL data, on REAL objects, with REAL signatures, taken by REAL sensors in REAL environments. This overcomes many of the verification and validation issues facing the test and simulation ...

Miniature Quartz Crystal Microbalance for Spacecraft and Missile Applications

1999

16 pages

Authors: O. M. Uy; Russell P. Cain; Bliss G. Carkhuff; Richard T. Cusick; Bob E. Wood; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV LAUREL MD APPLIED PHYSICS LAB

Quartz crystal microbalances (QCMs) have been used for over 20 years as contamination monitors in spacecraft to measure film deposition on sensitive surfaces such as optical mirrors, thermal radiators, and solar arrays. Only recently, however, have miniature QCMs been used in a cryogenically cooled infrared space telescope and in the seeker of a missile to measure optical contamination from outgassing materials. This article describes a missile application in which we ...

Ground-Based Intercept of a Ballistic Missile

1999

20 pages

Authors: Mark S. Wert; COLORADO UNIV AT COLORADO SPRINGS

This creative investigation outlines the design and simulation of a Ground-Based Intercept of a Ballistic Missile. The components that made up the simulation were: An Infrared Sensor, Ground-Based Search and Track Radar, Battle Manager and Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle. It also identifies the managerial aspects of how a project design and simulation started from the initial plan to the end product, providing a baseline for future projects to follow.

Air Force Research Laboratory Spacecraft Cryocooler Endurance EvaluationUpdate: FY98-99

1999

8 pages

Authors: B. J. Tomlinson; C. Yoneshige; N. Abhyankar; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB KIRTLAND AFB NM

The need for long term endurance evaluation data on space cryocoolers has long been an issue due to the 10-year plus design life of this technology and the absence of any accepted accelerated testing methodology. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), under sponsorship from the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), has been evaluating the long term performance of space cryocooler technology for the past five years to ...

Lessons Learned using the JNTF Verification & Validation Process

1999

12 pages

Authors: Ronald Pipes; JOINT NATIONAL TEST FACILITY FALCON AFB CO

The JNTF has defined a cost effective, tailorable, and scalable V&V methodology which this past year was effectively used on the first release of a missile defense system simulation. We will present the lessons learned from applying the methodology on the National Missile Defense (NMD) High Fidelity System Simulation (HFSS). This effort was presented with numerous technical and programmatic challenges, and the adaptability of the ...

Multi-Spectral Shocklayer Radiance from a Hypersonic Slender

1999

15 pages

Authors: Deborah A. Levin; David M. Mann; Clifton B. Phillips; Mike Lovern; Carl Howlett; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV WASHINGTON DC

The Science and Technology Directorate of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization is conducting programs to characterize and measure the radiation emitted by the flows about hypersonic vehicles. In addition to understanding the basic physics of high temperature plasmas, ongoing analyses are establishing how such emissions are useful for the detection of theater missile targets using the mid-wave infra-red (MWIR) spectral region (3 - 5 ...

Unique Approaches to BMDO/ISTEF Optical Systems Design

1999

12 pages

Authors: Joseph B. Houston Jr; NICHOLS RESEARCH CORP SHALIMAR FL

Recently, two 12.5-inch diameter aperture Small Transportable ISTEF Pedestal System (STRIPS) telescopes were designed using all-reflective optics in order to provide four optical bands ranging from 0.3-microns to 15.0-microns on a single instrument mount. Each telescope provides three focal panes/focal lengths for a maximum 1-inch diameter circular image plane. As the name implies, these telescopes are easily transportable (by air, land and sea), and capable of being ...

Design of a Ground-Launched Ballistic Missile Interceptor Using a Genetic Algorithm

1999

11 pages

Authors: Murray B. Anderson; John E. Burkhalter; Rhonald M. Jenkins; SVERDRUP TECHNOLOGY INC HUNTSVILLE AL

For this preliminary design study an apportioned pareto genetic algorithm, unique to the software package IMPROVE(Copyright), was used to manipulate a solid rocket design code, an aerodynamic design code, and a three- loop autopilot to produce interceptor designs capable of accurately engaging a high-speed/high-altitude target. Twenty-nine design variables were required to define the optimization problem, and four primary goals were established to access the ...

Effect of Trajectory Shaping on Observability of NTW Interceptor In- Flight Alignment Errors

1999

11 pages

Authors: Ernest J. Ohlmeyer; Thomas R. Pepitone; David B. Hanger; NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN VA

Navigation system and in-flight alignment requirements for a Navy Theater Wide (NTW) tactical ballistic missile interceptor are discussed. The missile navigation system is externally aided with both GPS and radar data for dynamic alignment and calibration of the missile's navigation system during flight. System alignment errors arise from missile incanister initialization, ship navigation errors, and ship radar face misalignments. Reduction of these errors during ...

Flight Test Results for the SRALT RRF and Target Intercept Missions

1999

11 pages

Authors: Molly Warren; Frank Krens; Chet Decesaris; COLEMAN AEROSPACE CO ORLANDO FL

This paper presents flight test results for the Short Range Air Launch Target (SRALT) risk reduction flight (RRF) and the four target intercept missions achieved during 1999, and compares them to simulation performance predictions. Lessons learned include ground and airdrop testing, target flight performance, instrumentation, and test range interfaces. The flight test targets were developed for the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command ...

Jet Vane Control System Prototype Hardware Development for the Evolved Seasparrow Missile

1999

26 pages

Authors: Andrew B. Facciano; Karleen G. Sybold; Teri L. Westberry-Kutz; Dale O. Widmer; RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS CO TUCSON AZ

Rapid response to a high-speed, low-altitude, incoming missile imposes very stringent design requirements upon an air-defense missile. A successful solution has been devised by using a Jet-Vane Control (JVC) System for rapid launch maneuvering, minimizing weight penalties by using actuation elements of other missile components and making the jet-vane assembly detachable. A JVC System and method is illustrated for a surface air defense missile in which the system is compact, ...

A Real-Time Multistage IR Image-Based Tracker

1999

9 pages

Authors: Teresa L. Olson; Carl W. Sanford; LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP ORLANDO FL ELECTRONICS AND MISSILES

In this paper we describe a real time algorithm for a missile-based IR tracking system. A correlation-based tracker is considered to be the primary tracker, while a feature-based tracker is chosen to provide support on a secondary level. A prescreener runs concurrently with the trackers to provide a list of probable target centroids. This information is used to provide a level of confidence to the tracker. The tracker subfunctions are ...

Brother, Can You Spare a Billion? Or How to Sell a THAAD in the Land of Bureaucratic Politics

14 DEC 1998

12 pages

Authors: Michael P. Locke; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC

Pundits of doom are gust waiting for THAAD (Theater High Altitude Area Defense) to be canceled. THAAD's enemies are quick to ensure that everyone has seen the microscopic analysis of the "latest failure, noting that THAAD is a VERY expensive program, and maybe the Department of Defense could better spend its scarce dollars elsewhere. Oh, by the way, each of the other services has at least one or two "elsewhere's" ...

Year 2000 Conversion of Logistics and Maintenance Systems in Support of the Airborne Warning and Control System

11 DEC 1998

32 pages

Authors: INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA

The overall audit objective was to determine whether planning and management were adequate to ensure that mission critical logistics and maintenance systems supporting the Airborne Warning and Control System would not be unduly disrupted by year 2000-related issues Our audit focused on actions taken to resolve data processing issues regarding year 2000, as well as preparation of plans to prevent year 2000-related system failures that could affect the ability of ...

Chinese Security Interests and US Ballistic Missile Defenses

DEC 1998

109 pages

Authors: Ronald G. Jacobson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has undertaken extensive military modernization efforts in the post-Cold War period. Many of these efforts are directed at curbing what the Chinese consider unchecked US influence in the Asia-Pacific region. Continuing efforts by the United States to develop and deploy ballistic missile defenses (BMD) threaten to undermine the PRC's sole overseas power projection instrument, ballistic missiles, leaving Beijing with a seriously weakened repertoire for ...

If Clausewitz had SCUDS or How the Masters Would Have Fought Ballistic Missiles

02 NOV 1998

11 pages

Authors: Michael P. Locke; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC

Scenario: March 2005. The National Military Command Center was on the secure line to the White House. "Mr. President," the Brigadier General in charge of the evening shift began, "we have confirmed launch of five submarine launched ballistic missiles, all tracking towards Washington." There was a burst of static as the Secret Service traded the President's desk phone for a secure portable model, as they whisked him towards Air Force ...

Solid Divert Breakthroughs that Enable Mission Flexible TMD interceptors

NOV 1998

Authors: Larry West; Russel Carlson; GENCORP INC SACRAMENTO CA AEROJET DIV

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This paper describes technology breakthroughs in solid divert propulsion that provide extensive mission flexibility to theater missile defense (TMD) interceptors over previous solid propellant divert systems. TMD interceptors must cover large battlespaces to minimize the total number of launchers and deployed missiles. They must defend against a broad set of targets, from short to long ranges. Effectiveness against current and emerging TMD targets is ...

Patriot Advanced Capability-Three (PAC-3) The First Deployable Hit-to- Kill Technology

NOV 1998

Authors: Robert S. Barnes; Kenneth N. Brown; QUANTUM RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL HUNTSVILLE AL

The U.S. Army is upgrading its PATRIOT Air Defense Missile System with hit-to-kill technology. The improvements of the launching station, enagement control station and the addition of a hit-to-kill guided missile interceptor are managed under the PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Program, now three years into it's development contract. PAC-3 uses an extremely accurate on-board seeker and guidance system and an agile attitude control system to achieve a direct ...

Future Location Prediction using Hidden Markov Modeling

26 OCT 1998

133 pages

Authors: Matthew A. Schnoor; COLORADO UNIV AT COLORADO SPRINGS

Mobility of mobile SCUD launchers in Desert Storm produced a need for improved methods of tracking and location. Without ways to track SCUD launchers, great amounts of time and resources will continue to be wasted on search and destroy in future conflicts. Hidden Markov modeling provides a novel approach to predicting future movements of mobile SCUD launchers and other types of vehicles. The power of the hidden Markov model lies ...

Computer Modeling of Captive-Carry Missile Simulator Experiments

SEP 1998

314 pages

Authors: Wagner A. de Lima Goncalves; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

The increasing number, diversity and sophistication of anti-ship cruise missiles around the world in the past thirty years have led to sophisticated countermeasures. The Naval Research Laboratory has developed hardware in the loop (HIL) missile simulator technology to assess the effectiveness of electronic attack (EA) countermeasures. These simulators appear in two basic configurations: the closed loop in an anechoic chamber and the open loop captive carry on board a P-3 ...

High Velocity Interceptor Investigations

SEP 1998

103 pages

Authors: Hartmut H. Legner; Alan H. Gelb; David I. Rosen; George E. Caledonia; PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC ANDOVER MA

High velocity interceptors operating at low altitudes in the range from ^20 to 30 km will experience a stressing aerothermal environment which can impact performance of the infrared sensor/designator system. This report addresses primarily two aspects of high velocity interceptors: a novel passively cooled window concept and the control of boundary layer transition to turbulence. A totally new concept for maintaining the IR transmitting window of an interceptor at low ...

National Missile Defense Program

04 AUG 1998

27 pages

Authors: Willie B. Nance Jr; BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC

The report, comprised of charts, contains information about the National Missile Defense Program: policies, key personnel, requirements, decision making, etc. It states that the mission of the program is to develop, demonstrate and deploy (when directed) a system to defend U.S. against a limited strategic ballistic missile threat by a rogue nation.

NMD Program Update to AIAA/BMDO Technology Readiness Conference

03 AUG 1998

23 pages

Authors: Cecil R. Webster; BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC

The purpose of this report is to provide overview of the ongoing National Missile Defense Program to the AIAA/BMDO Technology Readiness Conference.

Ballistic Missile Defense Technology Overview for the 7th Annual AIAA technology Readiness Conference

03 AUG 1998

35 pages

Authors: Bruce Pierce; BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC

The purpose of this report is to provide overview of the ongoing National Missile Defense Program to the AIAA/BMDO Technology Readiness Conference.

Theater Air and Missile Defense Family of Systems

02 AUG 1998

26 pages

Authors: Richard W. Davis; BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC

This report contains briefing charts from the 7th AIAA/BMDO technology Readiness Conference.

Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) as an Information Duel

AUG 1998

31 pages

Authors: Donald P. Gaver; Patricia A. Jacobs; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Mathematical models are furnished for a situation in which Red missile-shooting air defense forces engage attacking Blue striking aircraft. Red may either employ extensive electronic emissions when firing at Blue, which renders it more effective but more vulnerable to Blue counterattack, or operate more covertly (less emission) which makes it less effective but also less vulnerable to Blue retaliation. Simple decision rules dictate the optimal, or ...

DITP: A Flexible Miniaturized Sensory Fusion Processor for Next Generation Interceptor Seekers and Surveillance Sensors

AUG 1998

15 pages

Authors: Richard W. Linderman; James C. Lyke; Yasuhiro Kinashi; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY INFORMATION DIRECTORATE

This paper describes an advanced processor design for the future BMD interceptor seeker and surveillance sensor technology being developed under the sponsorship of the BMDO Technology Office. It offers a unique synergistic solution; efficiently packaging an Embedded High Performance Computer (EHPC) with adaptive, reconfigurable components and mixed analog, digital, microwave and power circuits. While the EHPC provides high performance, programmable, power efficient floating point ...

Aided and Unaided Operator Performance with First Generation FLIR imagery

AUG 1998

56 pages

Authors: William P. Janson; Judi E. See; Joseph T. Riegler; Iris Davis; Gilbert G. Kuperman; LOGICON TECHNICAL SERVICES INC DAYTON OH

The current investigation examined automatic target cueing (ATC) and target localization performance with first generation forward-looking infrared (FLIR) imagery collected during the Theater Missile Defense Eagle Smart Sensor ATC (TESSA) flight demonstration program at Eglin Air Force Base, FL. Sixteen observers viewed 360 dynamic FLIR images that varied in terms of aiding (unaided versus aided), ATC accuracy (50% hits versus 75% hits), the amount and type of background clutter ("open," ...

National Security Report: Background and Perspective on Important National Security and Defense Policy Issues. Volume 2, Issue 4, August 1998. Unveiling the Ballistic Missile Threat: The Ra

AUG 1998

4 pages

Authors: Floyd Spence; HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE WASHINGTON DC

Developing and deploying systems to defend against ballistic missiles has been a highly controversial issue since l983, when President Reagan first challenged the scientific community to develop ways of rendering nuclear ballistic missiles "impotent and obsolete". Indeed, this challenge remains a formidable one, and the task of destroying ballistic missiles after launch is often likened to "hitting a bullet with a bullet."

Theater Aerospace Control Standardized Objectives and Measures (TASCOM) Handbook for Time-Critical Targets (Change 2) (Computer Diskette).

30 JUL 1998

Authors: AIR WARFARE CENTER NELLIS AFB NV

File characteristics: Textfile; ASCII character set. Physical description: 1 computer diskette; 3 1/2 in.; high density; 1.4MB. System requirements: PC compatible; Windows; ADOBE Acrobat3.0. The objectives and critical operational issues (COIs) that follow are organized into four task divisions and four evaluation categories. The four task divisions are Attack Operations; Active Defense Operations; Battlespace Management Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (BMC4I); and Passive Defense Operations. The four evaluation categories ...

Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Year 2000 Initiatives

16 JUL 1998

29 pages

Authors: INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA

Information technology systems have typically used two digits to represent the year, such as "98" representing 1998, to conserve electronic data storage and reduce operating costs. With the two-digit format, however, the year 2000 is indistinguishable from 1900. As a result of this ambiguity, computers and associated systems and application programs that use dates to calculate, compare, and sort could generate incorrect results when working with years after 1999. This ...

The Benefits of Functional Ground Testing, A Case Study of the Tomahawk Missile FGT Program

JUL 1998

9 pages

Authors: J. M. Spriggs; Betsy B. Delong; Mark D. LeGoullon; NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER INDIAN HEAD DIV MD

The Tomahawk Functional Ground Test (FGT) Facility at the Naval Surface Warfare Center/Indian Head Division (NSWC/IHD) presents the Tomahawk program with a unique flight test risk reduction capability. The Tomahawk- Missile-in-the-Loop (TMIL) system integrates an actual strapped-down Tomahawk missile with a real time 6 DOF simulation and "flies" the missile through a mission to provide an economical means of obtaining data that could otherwise beonly obtained through flight testing. A ...

Theater Missile Defense Extended Test Range Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement - Eglin Gulf Test Range. Volume 1

JUL 1998

164 pages

Authors: Janet Tucker; AIR FORCE DEVELOPMENT TEST CENTER EGLINAFB FL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE

The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization proposes to enhance the capability of the EGTR to conduct TMD programs. The Proposed Action would include the selection and construction of land-launch facilities; modification of land, sea-surface, and airspace safety zones; the amendment of range operation and support management procedures; and the subsequent conduct of TMD missile system test and training flights within the enhanced EGTR. The preferred alternative would involve target and interceptor ...

Theater Missile Defense Extended Test Range Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement - Eglin Gulf Test Range. Volume 2

JUL 1998

378 pages

Authors: Janet Tucker; AIR FORCE DEVELOPMENT TEST CENTER EGLINAFB FL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE

NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE: Even with Increased Funding Technical and Schedule Risks are High

23 JUN 1998

Authors: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIV

This report responds to your request that we review the National Missile Defense (NMD) program funding requirements and schedule and technical risks. Specifically, you asked us to determine (1) why the Department of Defense (DOD) significantly increased the program's near term funding in its May 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review, (2) how funding increases authorized and appropriated by Congress for the program in fiscal years 1996 through 1998 have been used ...

Simulations of the Proposed TJNAF 20 KW Free Electron Laser

JUN 1998

71 pages

Authors: Richard B. Steele; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

As the Navy's role as peace enforcer in support of ground troops draws Navy combatants into the littoral warfare environment, surface combatants will have to deal with decreased reaction times while engaging ever faster antiship missile threats. The Phalanx Close In Weapon System (CIWS) does not offer sufficient accuracy or engagement ranges to fight these threats, and conventional chemical lasers, which operate at fixed wavelengths, lack the tunability to operate ...

Overcoming the ABM Treaty: Paths to National Missile Defense

JUN 1998

183 pages

Authors: Joseph M. Keenan; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Some of the most heated debates taking place on Capitol Hill surround a proposed American national missile defense system. The debate is not new. For twenty years, the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and its underlying acceptance of mutual assured destruction (MAD) enjoyed widespread support among U.S. leaders. Events of the early 1990s shook support for America's "no missile defense" posture to its very core. The fall ...

From Theater Missile Defense to Anti-Missile Offensive Actions: A Near- Term Strategic Approach for the USAF

JUN 1998

113 pages

Authors: Merrick E. Krause; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES

This study examines the question: What strategic approach should the USAF take toward Theater Missile Defense (TMD) and Anti-Missile Offensive Actions in the near-term? The thesis begins with an introductory chapter asking the stated question in context, presenting the methodology used, and summarizing the proposals given at the end of the treatment. The methodological approach to this thesis involves historical and literature reviews, interviews, and a qualitative comparison of current ...

Theater Missile Defense

18 MAY 1998

19 pages

Authors: J. L. Newman; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

The proliferation of missile and WMD technologies around the world makes effective TMD a critical prerequisite for successful joint operations. The mere presence of hostile theater missile capabilities in an operational area, especially if they pose a WMD threat, creates a significant challenge for the operational commander. Future CINOs will have no choice but to plan for Theater Missile Defense if they are operating in an ...

Model Validations and Predictions for Water Barrier Defense

12 MAY 1998

38 pages

Authors: William G. Szymczak; Charles E. Higdon; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC PHYSICAL ACOUSTICS BRANCH

Validations of a mathematic model and computational code for predicting shallow-depth explosion plume behavior are presented. The model is based on a generalized formulation of hydrodynamics and uses an incompressible liquid assumption. This formulation is well suited for predicting long-time bubble and plume dynamics. Initial conditions for the model are derived from spherically symmetric bubble theory, combined with empirical measurements. The effect of "fingering" of plumes occurring at the center ...

Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the Short Range Air DropTarget System

MAY 1998

121 pages

Authors: BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON DC

This PEA assesses the potential environmental impacts of the Air Drop Target System, from launch to intercept of the target. It also serves as a foundation from which future environmental documentation can be prepared, if needed. This PEA incorporates by reference the impact analysis for the refurbishment and production of the Hera target missile and the assessment of potential life cycle environmental impacts included in the ...

Modeling and Simulation of the SWORD Tactical Missile Defense System

APR 1998

Authors: Mark Scott; DEFENSE MODELING SIMULATION AND TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER HUNTSVILLE AL

This document provides a technical assessment of the SWORD (Short range missile defense With Optimized Radar Distribution) tactical missile defense weapon system. The SWORD system is aimed at providing needed point defense for high value assets, political/civilian areas, and forward area forces. A description of the SWORD system is given along with the mathematical modeling and preliminary computer simulation results (using the Extended Air Defense Simulation - EADSIM) that characterize ...

Use of Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (HWIL) in the Development, Test, and Evaluation of Multi-Spectral Missile Systems

APR 1998

11 pages

Authors: Scott B. Mobley; John S. Cole; ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE COMMAND REDSTONE ARSENAL AL SYSTEM SIMULATION AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE

The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) Advanced Simulation Center (ASC) provides hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulation support to Program Executive Officers (PEO) and Project Managers (PM) who are responsible for developing and fielding precision guided missiles and sub- munitions for the U.S. Army. The ASC is also engaged in cooperative HWIL simulation tasks supporting other Armed Service Agencies, NATO and other U.S. allies. HWIL simulation provides a means of exercising ...

Laser Weapons in Space: A Critical Assessment

APR 1998

80 pages

Authors: William H. Possel; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL

Is the DOD pursuing the correct investment strategy for space-based high-energy lasers? Recent advances in lasers, optics, and spacecraft technologies may bring high-energy laser weapons to a sufficient level of maturity for serious consideration as space weapons against the theater ballistic missile threat. An important question is how these dramatic technology improvements have affected the strategic employment concepts for high-energy laser weapons. This study presents a comparison of competing space-based ...

THAAD Hardware-in-the-Loop Signal Injection Hardware Technical Description

MAR 1998

69 pages

Authors: James A. Buford; Kenneth R. Letson; ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE COMMAND REDSTONE ARSENAL AL

This report provides background information on the Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) Missile System and a technical description of a signal injection card built for the THAAD Hardware in the Loop (HWIL) Missile Simulation located in the Imaging Infrared System Simulation 2 (IRSS2) Facility of U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command's (USAMCOM's) Advanced Simulation Center (ASC). The Signal Injection Card gives the THAAD HWIL missile simulation the capability to ...

Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense-Multisensor Fusion, Targeting and Tracking Techniques

MAR 1998

248 pages

Authors: Antonio P. San Jose; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

The Gulf War illustrated how important ballistic missile defenses have become to the United States. The study of intercepting Theatre Ballistic Missiles (TBMs) in their boost phase was prompted by concerns about the widespread dissemination of submunitions and the differentiation of decoys from actual warheads released early in the missile's midcourse flight. Boost Phase Intercept (BPI) would alleviate this problem by destroying the enemy's ballistic missile in the missile's launch ...

The Emerging Asia Pacific Security Community: Creating Foundations for Future Military Operations

23 FEB 1998

52 pages

Authors: S. H. Ayling; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

The aim of this essay is to propose the Australian - US development of a generic multinational support framework in the Asia Pacific Region to foster stability. Current developments in the region present an ideal opportunity for the initiative to be introduced. This will enhance the capacity of regional nations to participation in future regional peace support operations in more capable adhoc coalitions. Early introduction will guide force developments towards ...

Theater Missile Defense: Does the Quadrennial Defense Review Go Far Enough in Support of the Operational Commander?

13 FEB 1998

22 pages

Authors: Charles E. Baker III; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

In May of 1997, the Secretary of Defense released the results of the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) establishing the Department of Defense's force structure and modernization program requirements designed to meet the challenges of the 21st century while ensuring current readiness. Included in this report were the continuation of numerous programs designed to provide a theater missile defense (TMD) system. The Gulf War demonstrated the difficulties of preventing and defending ...

The Impact of the JFACC and AADC on the Joint Force Commander's Flexibility in Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense

13 FEB 1998

24 pages

Authors: Charles F. Williams; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

As a growing area of warfare, Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense (JTAMD) presents an environment that challenges the U.S. military to achieve unprecedented levels of force integration. As the ballistic and cruise missile threat continues to expand and include weapons of mass destruction, the Joint Force Commander must employ a force package capable of succeeding in any theater, regardless of its maturity level. Joint doctrine, and the roles and ...