| An Analysis of Trust in Deception Operations |
Mar-2009 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Christine L Fix; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA UNDERSEA WARFARE ACADEMIC GROUP
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 | This study explores the concept of trust and its relevance to deception operations. It proposes that trust is a belief or characteristic that can be exploited or undermined to achieve a desired objective. By using a trust framework to analyze several case studies in deception, the paper will examine how the deception target beliefs and preconceptions affected the success of the deception and the impact or consequences of exploiting or ... |
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| Robust Sensitivity Analysis for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) Proposal Selection Model |
Mar-2009 |
135 pages |
| Authors:
Christina J Willy; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Throughout Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, the Department of Defense (DoD) faced challenges not experienced in its previous military operations. The enemy's unwavering dedication to the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) against the coalition forces continues to challenge the day-to-day operations of the current war. The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization's (JIEDDO) proposal solicitation process enables military and nonmilitary organizations to request funding for the development of ... |
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| Electronic Warfare in Operations |
25-Feb-2009 |
115 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON DC
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| FM 3-36 provides Army commanders and their staff guidance on how the electromagnetic spectrum can impact their operations and how friendly EW operations can be used to gain an advantage. This manual describes the application of EW in support of full spectrum operations and provides a baseline for ensuring a common understanding and operational consistency. Although new equipment, tactics, techniques, and procedures continue to be developed, the physics of electromagnetic ... |
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| Defining and Deterring Cyber War |
06-Jan-2009 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Scott W Beidleman; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Since the advent of the Internet in the 1990s, not all users have acted in cyberspace for peaceful purposes. In fact, the threat and impact of attack in and through cyberspace has continuously grown to the extent that cyberspace has emerged as a setting for war on par with land, sea, air, and space, with increasing potential to damage the national security of states, as illustrated by attacks on Estonia ... |
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| On Some Markovian Salvo Combat Models |
Dec-2008 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Say B Neo; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In this thesis, we present Markov-based probability models for two important problems related to current combat situations: fire allocating of salvos against multiple targets, and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) attacks on convoys transporting supply and troops. For the fire allocation problem, we suggest a certain shooting tactics, called Persistent Shooting, and explore the effect of various engagement parameters using a discrete time Markov chain. We consider the scenario where a ... |
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| Detection of Frequency-Hopped Signals Exposed to Non-Stationary Interference |
Dec-2008 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Steven C Layfield; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Frequency-hopped spread spectrum signals are widely used in military communications to help combat or suppress interference due to jamming, other users of the channel, and multipath propagation. Frequency-hopped signals may be difficult to detect when embedded in background noise. Previous research has demonstrated techniques for interference reduction and filtering frequency hopped spread spectrum waveforms with minimum distortion when the frequency-hop rate is on the order of 1,000 hops per second ... |
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| Military Deception: Equivalent to Intelligence, Maneuver and Fires |
31-Oct-2008 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Leonard E Wells; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Military deception (MILDEC) is an ancient aspect of warfare still utilized to mislead adversarial leaders deceiving them concerning friendly force activities and intentions. Evidence indicates that skillful application of MILDEC is both operational art and science with advantages gained setting conditions for mission success. Unfortunately, MILDEC as a core capability is subsumed underneath the information operations (IO) umbrella and is absent in focus and attention afforded the six joint functions: ... |
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| Design, Build, and Test a Hand-held GPS Interference Detector |
01-Sep-2008 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
John C Rayburn; James E Carson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation signal is extremely vulnerable to intentional and unintentional interference. Increased dependence on GPS by military users has created a need to quickly detect and locate interference at its source. Current methods for detecting and locating GPS interference sources employ a network of multiple sensors to identify interference. The data collected from sensors is then sent to a remote centralized processing station and analyzed to ... |
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| E-Bomb: The Key Element of the Contemporary Military-Technical Revolution |
01-Sep-2008 |
213 pages |
| Authors:
Necati Ertekin; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The contemporary military rivalry is driven mostly by the ongoing military technical revolution. In particular the weapons used on the future battlefield will play an important role in military affairs. Which weapons can play a key role in the future? Electromagnetic weapons seem to involve key elements for the future battlefield; they offer advantages over conventional weaponry by providing nonlethality the advantage of attack at the speed of light fast ... |
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| Laboratory-Scale Study in Determining the Decontamination Standards for Personnel Protective Equipment Used by Homeland Defense Personnel: Evaluation of Commercial Off-the-Shelf Technologies for Decontamination of Personnel Protective Equipment-Relevant S |
01-Jun-2008 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Lalena Wallace; Vipin K Rastogi; Lisa S Smith; Saumil S Shah; Jonathan Sabol; EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| In 2001, dissemination of letters tainted with anthrax-causing spores through USPS led to a limited number of deaths and contamination of several hundred thousand cubic feet of surface space within government and commercial buildings. In the context of homeland security, these and other cases involving ricin toxin demonstrated the urgent need to develop countermeasures for cleaning up complex surfaces relevant to personnel protective equipment (PPE). Four relevant surface materials (polycarbonate, ... |
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| Military Deception Reconsidered |
01-Jun-2008 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Charmaine L Martin; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis explores the elements of military deception and defines the overarching principles that make for successful military deception. A good reference point is the six principles of military deception as defined by Joint Publication (JP) 3-58: focus, integration, timeliness, security, objective, and centralized control. However, I propose that operational advantage, consisting of surprise, information advantage and security, are essential elements of a successful military deception. To refine the scope ... |
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| Electronic Warfare for Cyber Warriors |
01-Jun-2008 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel E Rauch; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| This research paper provides complete course content for the AFIT EENG 509, Electronic Warfare class. It is intended as a replacement for the existing course and designed for Intermediate Developmental Education (IDE) students in the Cyber Warfare degree program. This course provides relevant academic courseware and study material to give cyber warriors an academic and operational perspective on electronic warfare and its integration in the cyber domain. |
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| An Organizational Assessment of the United States Military's Ability to Control the Electromagnetic Spectrum in the 21st Century |
01 DEC 2007 |
143 pages |
| Authors:
Philip F. Acquaro; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The United States (U.S.) has the best-trained and equipped military in the world; however, these factors do not necessarily equate to success in operations. Information is a vital component of warfare that facilitates success. Electronic warfare (EW) organizations in the U.S. military are tasked to control battlefield information flow throughout the range of military operations. Historically, the U.S. has effectively accomplished this mission; however, recent events reveal symptoms of a ... |
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| Eavesdropping (or Jamming) of Communication Networks |
01-Dec-2007 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Stanislav Uryasev; FLORIDA UNIV GAINESVILLE
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| This report presents research on optimization formulations for jamming wireless communication networks. The first chapter addresses deterministic situations which were the focus of the first research year. In particular, several formulations of the deterministic Wireless Network Jamming Problem were derived and theoretical proof of problem statements equivalences were obtained. The second year addressed situations in which a network is to be jammed, but no apriori information (i.e., topology, number of ... |
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| Air Force and the Cyberspace Mission: Defending the Air Force's Computer Network in the Future |
DEC 2007 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Shane P. Courville; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL CENTER FOR STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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| A little over year ago, in November 2005, the Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff General T. Michael Moseley wrote a joint letter to all airmen of the Air Force, which defined a new mission statement that included the concept of "cyberspace." Cyberspace was defined as including network security, data transmission, and the sharing of information. Although the Air Force and the ... |
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| Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan: Effects and Countermeasures |
21 NOV 2007 |
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| Authors:
Clay Wilson; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | Since October 2001, improvised explosive devices (IEDs, roadside bombs, and suicide car bombs) have been responsible for many of the combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. Vehicle-borne IEDs and car bombs are now used to strike police stations, markets, and mosques, killing local citizens as well as U.S. troops. U.S. forces counter the devices through utilizing intelligence sources, and by disrupting portions of the radio spectrum that insurgents use to ... |
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| The Abbott and Costello Effect: Who's on What, and What's Where When? A Human-Centered Method to Investigate Network Centric Warfare Systems |
SEP 2007 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Derek W. Reed; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Technological advancements, especially in communications systems, have led to a burgeoning interest in network centric warfare (NCW), fundamentally changing how warfare is being conducted. Network centric warfare (NCW) systems are being rushed to the field and are offered as a solution for the fog of war and as a way to reduce manpower costs. To date, there are no empirical findings that support or refute these NCW system claims. The ... |
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| Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan: Effects and Countermeasures |
28 AUG 2007 |
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| Authors:
Clay Wilson; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Since October 2001, improvised explosive devices (IEDs, roadside bombs, and suicide car bombs) have been responsible for many of the more than 3,000 combat deaths in Iraq and many of the more than 240 combat deaths in Afghanistan. 1. Vehicleborne IEDs and car bombs are now used to strike police stations, markets, and mosques, killing local citizens as well as U.S. troops. U.S. forces counter the devices through utilizing intelligence ... |
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| Wavelet Decomposition for Discrete Probability Maps |
AUG 2007 |
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| Authors:
Emily Brown; Samuel P. Drake; Anthony Finn; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION EDINBURGH (AUSTRALIA)
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| Modern day electronic warfare often contains a heterogeneous mix of distributed sensors. This mix of sensors provides information about the probability of emitters being located at certain points. This discrete probability map (DPM) must be reported to the commander or some other decision maker in a timely fashion. This report shows that with respect to current methods the most effective way to transmit the DPM is through wavelet decomposition. Following ... |
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| Real-Time GPS-Alternative Navigation Using Commodity Hardware |
JUN 2007 |
129 pages |
| Authors:
Jordon L. Fletcher; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH DEPT OF GRADUATE COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Modern navigation systems can use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to accurately determine position with precision in some cases bordering on millimeters. Unfortunately, GPS technology is susceptible to jamming, interception, and unavailability indoors or underground. There are several navigation techniques that can be used to navigate during times of GPS unavailability, but there are very few that result in GPS-level precision. One method of achieving high precision navigation without GPS ... |
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| Influencing Friends and Allies: Information Operations Doctrine and the Role of the Combatant Commander |
10 MAY 2007 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Jon-Paul R. LaBruzzo; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Joint Publication (JP) 3-13 states that "Information operations (IO) are described as the integrated employment of electronic warfare (EW), computer network operations (CNO), psychological operations (PSYOP), military deception (MILDEC), and operations security (OPSEC), in concert with specified supporting and related capabilities, to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp adversarial [emphasis added] human and automated decision making while protecting our own." While this definition addresses the full measure of joint efforts in ... |
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| The Utility of Military Deception During Counterinsurgency |
29 MAR 2007 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Maxwell S. Thibodeaux; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This monograph questions the utility of military deception (MILDEC) given its decidedly different dynamics inside counterinsurgency (COIN) operations. It examines relevant theoretical touchstones and doctrinal frameworks to determine whether the Army's concept of deception can accommodate such application. Available historic vignettes from Viet Nam, Philippines, Malaya, Kenya, and Rhodesia inform the theoretical inquiry. Finally a look at the legal and ethical implications of MILDEC during COIN leads to certain implications. ... |
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| Improved Formulation of a Recombinant Ricin A-chain Vaccine Increases its Stability and Effective Antigenicity |
26 MAR 2007 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
John H. Carra; Robert W. Wannemacher; Ralph F. Tammariello; Changhong Y. Lindsey; Richard E. Dinterman; Rowena D. Schokman; Leonard A. Smith; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FORT DETRICK MD
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| Ricin is a potent toxin associated with bioterrorism for which no vaccine or specific countermeasures are currently available. A stable, non-toxic and immunogenic recombinant ricin A-chain vaccine (RTA 1-33/44-198) has been developed by protein engineering. We identified optimal formulation conditions for this vaccine under which it remained stable and potent in storage for up to 18 months, and resisted multiple rounds of freeze-thawing without stabilizing co-solvents. Reformulation from phosphate buffer ... |
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| Information Operations, Electronic Warfare, and Cyberwar: Capabilities and Related Policy Issues |
20 MAR 2007 |
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| Authors:
Clay Wilson; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| This report describes the emerging areas of information operations, electronic warfare, and cyberwar in the context of U.S. national security. It also suggests related policy issues of potential interest to Congress. For military planners, the control of information is critical to military success, and communications networks and computers are of vital operational importance. The use of technology to both control and disrupt the flow of information has been generally referred ... |
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| Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO): Tactical Successes Mired in Organizational Chaos; Roadblock in the Counter-IED Fight |
13 MAR 2007 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Richard F. Ellis; Richard D. Rogers; Bryan M. Cochran; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT FORCES STAFF COLL
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| The United States Department of Defense (DoD) estimates that Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are responsible for almost 50% of the casualties (both mortal and injured) sustained in Iraq and nearly 30% of those sustained in Afghanistan since the start of combat operations. Furthermore, in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Iraqi Enduring Freedom (OEF), deaths from IEDs have steadily increased since the cessation of major combat operations in 2003. As a ... |
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| Intrusion Deception in Defense of Computer Systems |
MAR 2007 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Han C. Goh; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| We investigate deception in response to cyber-intrusion or trespassing on computer systems. We present a Response Framework that categorizes the types of response we can employ against intruders and show how intrusion deception has its place in this framework. To experiment, we put together tools and technologies such as Snort, VMware, and honeynets in a testbed open to attacks from the Internet. We wrote some Snort rules and ran Snort ... |
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| Australian DefenceScience. Volume 15, Number 4, Summer |
Jan-2007 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA)
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| CONTENTS: A drier Tiger is a healthier flyer - The Army's Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH), soon to be permanently based at Robertson Barracks in Darwin, faces a greatly increased threat of corrosion in the wet tropics environment of its new home. DSTO is looking into ways of reducing this threat with dehumidified hangar facilities. ANZACS declared fit for long life at sea - Since ANZAC class frigates first took ... |
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| Advanced ESM Angle Tracker. Volume 1. Theoretical Foundations |
29 DEC 2006 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Edward N. Khoury; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| This report summarizes the NRL implementation of a filter used for ESM angle tracking. The filter is an Interactive Multiple Model (IMM) filter that uses three standard Kalman filters as a basis for filtering and predicting emitter bearing angle. Filter selection for the IMM is based on the expected variation of emitter trajectories and the imposed spherical coordinate system. The derivation of the IMM is well documented and is not ... |
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| Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: "Lone Wolf" Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act |
19 DEC 2006 |
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| Authors:
Elizabeth B. Bazan; Brian T. Yeh; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Section 6001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, P.L. 108-458, amended the definition of "agent of a foreign power" in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 50 U.S.C. 1801(b)(1), to add a new category of covered individuals. Under this lone wolf provision, a non-United States person who engages in international terrorism or activities in preparation for international terrorism is deemed to be an "agent of a ... |
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| Systems Approach to Terrorism: Countering the Terrorist Training Subsystem |
DEC 2006 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
Erdogan Celebi; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This study on terrorism training follows the logic that terrorism is a "wicked problem" and that there are various strategies to cope with it. "Systems thinking" is one of the coping strategies one can use to address "wicked problems." A system is a whole composed of complex organized elements (subsystems) interacting with each other and with their environment. The stability of a system depends on its components' alignment. Misaligning one ... |
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| The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center: Issues for Congress |
21 NOV 2006 |
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| Authors:
Dana A. Shea; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The mission of the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) is to understand current and future biological threats; assess vulnerabilities and determine potential consequences; and provide a national capability for conducting forensic analysis of evidence from bio-crimes and bio-terrorism. The NBACC is operational, with a program office and several component centers occupying interim facilities. A laboratory facility dedicated to executing the NBACC mission and to contain two NBACC component ... |
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| Optimizing Information Operations for the New Maritime Strategy |
23 OCT 2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory J. Haws; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The Navy's Information Operations force and its capabilities are an important component of the new Maritime Strategy and its objective of meeting the challenges set forth by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). However, the Navy's Information Operations architecture requires modifications at the theater-strategic and operational levels of command to optimize its role in the CNO's new Maritime Strategy. Specifically, three areas require improvement: organizational alignment, career force development, and ... |
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| Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan: Effects and Countermeasures |
25 SEP 2006 |
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| Authors:
Clay Wilson; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Since October 2001, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs, or roadside bombs) have been responsible for many of the more than 2,000 combat deaths in Iraq, and 178 combat deaths in Afghanistan. IEDs are hidden behind signs and guardrails, under roadside debris, or inside animal carcasses, and encounters with these bombs are becoming more numerous and deadly in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The threat includes vehicle-borne IEDs, in which extremists drive cars ... |
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| A Defense-in-Depth Approach to Phishing |
SEP 2006 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
David S. Barnes; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Phishing is a form of crime in which identity theft is accomplished by use of deceptive electronic mail and a fake site on the World Wide Web. Phishing threatens financial institutions, retail companies, and consumers daily and phishers remain successful by researching anti-phishing countermeasures and adapting their attack methods to the countermeasures, either to exploit them, or completely circumvent them. An effective solution to phishing requires a multi-faceted defense strategy. ... |
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| Electronic Warfare (EW) Historical Perspectives and Its Relationship to Information Operations (IO) - Considerations for Turkey |
SEP 2006 |
169 pages |
| Authors:
Ali C. Kucukozyigit; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this thesis is the exploration of the relationship and interaction between Electronic Warfare (EW) and Information Operations (IO) core, supporting and related competencies. Understanding the definitions of information and its value, information superiority, and the decision making cycle provides the foundation for the thesis. Investigation of the historical transformation of EW from the U.S. Civil War to the First Gulf War, and also examining how the concept ... |
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| Contact-Level Multistatic Sonar Data Simulator for Tracker Performance Assessment |
AUG 2006 |
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| Authors:
Doug Grimmett; Stefano Coraluppi; NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE LA SPEZIA (ITALY)
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| This paper provides an overview of a multistatic sonar contact-data simulation approach and a dataset generated specifically for tracker algorithm evaluation by the Multistatic Tracking Working Group (MSTWG). A brief description of the simulation approach is given, which includes simple sonar equation modeling, resulting in sensor-to-sensor target fading effects, as well as contact localization modeling. We describe the methodology by which a single data set generated using this approach is ... |
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| Multiple UAV Task Allocation for an Electronic Warfare Mission Comparing Genetic Algorithms and Simulated Annealing (Preprint) |
AUG 2006 |
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| Authors:
Marjorie A. Darrah; William Niland; Brian Stolarik; INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FARIMONT WV
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| This paper compares two algorithms applied to the task allocation of multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for an electronic warfare mission. The electronic warfare mission scenario is discussed and a review of both the genetic algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm is given. The encoding of the problem and the functions and operations needed to implement each algorithm is outlined and compared. The algorithms were implemented and tested in Matlab. A ... |
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| Fratricide Avoidance Using Transform Domain Techniques: A New Spectral Estimation Method Based on the Evolutionary Wavelet Spectrum Concept |
MAY 2006 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Jean Andrian; FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIV MIAMI
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| At the conclusion of this project, we can say that we have accomplished our final objective, that is to extend the theory of spectral estimation to non-stationary signals. Of course there are already existing approaches such as the Wigner-Ville Transform, the rihazeck Transform, the Choi-Williams Transform, and many more, dealing with this problem, but we see our approach as a natural extension of the Wiener-Kintchine theorem. Moreover, we have the ... |
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| A New Approach to Detecting Deception Using Learning Theory |
31 MAR 2006 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
John T. Cacioppo; CHICAGO UNIV IL
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| The scientific literature on the detection of deception indicates that the use various physiological signals and testing approaches such as the guilty knowledge, or control question tests, yield results better than chance though lacking in sensitivity, specificity, and resistance to countermeasures (Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, 2003, "The polygraph and lie detection." Washington, DC: National Academy Press). Recent approaches that use brain imaging and other new ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions. Missile Defense Agency Fields Initial Capability but Falls Short of Original Goals |
MAR 2006 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| MDA made good progress during fiscal year 2005 in the development and fielding of two of the seven elements reviewed. Most of the others encountered problems that slowed progress. Meanwhile, contractors for the seven elements exceeded their fiscal year budget by about $458 million, or about 14 percent, most of which was attributable to cost overruns in developing the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element. Accelerating Block 2004 allowed MDA to ... |
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| Reducing Uncertainty in Effects-Based Operations |
MAR 2006 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
Wilburn B. McLamb; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH DEPT OF OPERATIONAL SCIENCE
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| Known as the fog of war, uncertainty has been prevalent in the conduct of military operations throughout human history. Intelligence collection efforts are tasked to reduce this uncertainty through the collection of information. Utilizing Shannon's entropy as a measure of the expected information gain due to an intelligence collection effort, a methodology is developed to prioritize and allocate intelligence assets in an efficient manner. Incorporated in this methodology are target ... |
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| Gene-Specific Countermeasures Against Ebola Virus Based on Antisense Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Oligomers |
JAN 2006 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Kelly L. Warfield; Dana L. Swenson; Gene G. Olinger; Donald K. Nicholas; William D. Pratt; Robert Blouch; David A. Stein; M. J. Aman; Patrick L. Iversen; Sina Bavari; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FORT DETRICK MD
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| The filoviruses Marburg virus and Ebola virus (EBOV) quickly outpace host immune responses and cause hemorrhagic fever, resulting in case fatality rates as high as 90% in humans and nearly 100% in nonhuman primates. The development of an effective therapeutic for EBOV is a daunting public health challenge and is hampered by a paucity of knowledge regarding filovirus pathogenesis. This report describes a successful strategy for interfering with EBOV infection ... |
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| Australian DefenceScience. Volume 14, Number 1, Winter |
Jan-2006 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA)
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| CONTENTS: Better hunting skills for new torpedo - DSTO is participating in a research program with the US Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) to develop a new heavyweight torpedo for the US and Australian navies. Taking minutes by digital secretary - Information and communications applications are being harnessed in new ways to give people at different locations the ability to work together more effectively with increased efficiency in both civilian ... |
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| JAM: A Jammed-Area Mapping Service for Sensor Networks |
2006 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Anthony D. Wood; John A. Stankovic; Sang H. Son; VIRGINIA UNIV CHARLOTTESVILLE DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Preventing denial-of-service attacks in wireless sensor networks is difficult primarily because of the limited resources available to network nodes and the ease with which attacks are perpetrated. Rather than jeopardize design requirements which call for simple, inexpensive, mass-producible devices, we propose a coping strategy that detects and maps jammed regions. We describe a mapping protocol for nodes that surround a jammer which allows network applications to reason about the region ... |
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| Twin Screw Extruder Production of MTTP Decoy Flares SERDP WP-1240 |
01 DEC 2005 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Carol Campbell; THIOKOL PROPULSION BRIGHAM CITY UT
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| The objective of this effort is to develop an environmentally acceptable decoy flare formulation and process to produce aircraft decoy flares without the use of HAP or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). A continuous TSE will be used to compound magnesium, Teflon , and a TP binder into formulations (MTTP) for decoy flares that meet current MTV or MTH countermeasure product specifications. The process will significantly reduce the air pollution, personnel ... |
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| Cost-Effectiveness of CC&D Measures and their Interaction |
01 DEC 2005 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Eivind Stromman; NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT KJELLER
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| Various protection measures are introduced in order to increase survivability of military objects. The measures can be in the form of camouflage, armour or tactical manoeuvres. The cost of procuring such measures is normally easily calculated. The effectiveness, however, will be more complicated to quantify. Determining the cost-effectiveness is especially important when a limited amount of money is to be applied for an optimal protection balance between several countermeasure candidates. ... |
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| Electromagnetic Pulse Threats in 2010 |
NOV 2005 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Colin R. Miller; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL CENTER FOR STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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| Current U.S. military transformation strategy centers on information dominance, network-centric warfare, and expeditionary operations. Certainly, adversaries learned from Saddam's poor decision to face American forces head-on and will increasingly employ asymmetric attacks to defeat U.S. forces in the future. Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons represent one of the most likely and potentially devastating opportunities for this type of attack in the near future. Ranging from sophisticated intercontinental nuclear weapons specifically designed ... |
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| Parametric Study of the Towline Shape of an Aircraft Decoy |
19 OCT 2005 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Tyler L. Richardson; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Some of today's aircraft use decoys as a defense against enemy weapons. The decoy is towed behind the aircraft with the intention of attracting the weapon propagator by deception, trying to mislead the weapon into detecting it instead of the aircraft. An aircraft deploys a decoy via a towline extending out behind and below the aircraft. However, during some maneuvers, the towline moves up into the jet exhaust plume of ... |
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| Statistical Evaluation and Modeling of Experimental Methods to Measure Deception |
20 SEP 2005 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen E. Flanberg; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA
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| This project supports collaboration with Professor John T. Cacciopo of the Department of Psychology, University of Chicago in his investigations to determine whether semantic conditioning can be used to produce a bidirectional vasomotor/physiological response that otherwise would not occur (zero baserate), and if this work is successful to assist him in the implementation and evaluation of the application of these tools in the detection of deception. This work brings to ... |
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| Processing for Interference Suppression in GPS Receivers |
09 SEP 2005 |
73 pages |
| Authors:
Moeness Amin; Wei Sun; Liyu Liu; VILLANOVA UNIV PA
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| We examine the performance of the delay lock loops (DLL) in GPS receivers in the presence of non-Gaussian noise. interference and noise sources for GPS receivers may assume Gaussian or non-Gaussian distributions, specifically when operating inside buildings. Non-Gaussian noise may contaminate the GPS satellite signals and compromise the receiver delay lock loops (DLL), producing significant tracking errors. These sources include impulsive noise, ultra-wideband (UWB) signals, and noise radar signals for ... |
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