The French Army ‘Centre for Training and Preparation in Counter-Guerrilla Warfare’ (CIPCG) at Arzew

Psychological warfare had been used by the French army in the Indochina War (1946–54), and had spawned a sub-caste of French officers who moulded it and counter-insurgent propaganda into a doctrine known as guerre révolutionnaire (revolutionary war). In Algeria, in 1956, the army established a specialist training centre, the CIPCG, at Arzew on the Algerian coast, to provide courses for all officers arriving ‘in country’. By this, the French command sought to ensure that field officers possessed an approach to pacification and the political dimension to their missions well suited to the terrain and socio-political make-up of Algeria. The real ‘revolutionary war’ zealots were kept away from the directing staff, although some delivered guest lectures. Despite complaints from commanders of field units at losing experienced officers to the CIPCG instructing staff, Arzew students testified that the courses aided them in their missions. Some 10,000 French officers undertook courses at the CIPCG before it was downgraded and then disbanded after Pierre Messmer, a Gaullist, became Minister for the Armed Forces in 1960.     

Baixa do Cassang: Ending the abuse of Portuguese Africans

On 4 January 1961 in Baixa do Cassange, in the north of Angola, the blacks who worked in the cotton fields began a strike. The army with air support was called to quell the rebellion, and the article emphasizes the importance of air support tethered to the ground forces, particularly in a remote and vast area of operations in the tropical rainy season. In this case, the support originally came in the form a squadron of Lockheed PV-2 Harpoons from Luanda, some 300 kilometers away. These open-ocean reconnaissance aircraft and their crews were ill-suited for the task. When this became apparent, four small Auster D5/160s were relocated from Negage to Malange, among the ground forces. The Austers flew reconnaissance missions over the troubled zones, dropped provisions and messages to the advancing ground forces, and served as a backup communications link. When the strike ceased after three weeks, the Austers assumed a humanitarian role in support of the starving population. The conclusion is that air support to ground forces is indispensable, must be properly tailored to the job, and must operate as an integral part of the ground forces.     

Lessons in airpower projection: Indochina and Algeria

The lessons from the two French counterinsurgencies, Indochina and Algeria, give rise to a new understanding of the projection of airpower in remote and hostile environments and the purpose, design, and use of aircraft in counterinsurgency. In both Indochina and Algeria, the campaigns were ones of poverty, and it is their imaginative management under severe resource constraints that provides thoughtful and applicable lessons for today. In both cases, airpower held the promise of delivering victory and solving the resource issue. In Indochina, acquisition of the needed aircraft, operating knowledge, and experience came too slowly to realize this promise. In Algeria, the French embraced the lessons from Indochina and were quite successful and innovative in the use of airpower. The lessons can be reduced to four requirements: (1) a network of airfields for liaison, ground-support, and intra-theater airlift to enable effective air support of ground forces; (2) a solid, reliable, and simple ground-support aircraft capable of operating from forward airfields within range of ground engagements; (3) a capable intra-theater heavy-lift transport to supply the extended ground forces; and (4) helicopter capability to enhance tactical troop mobility and support.     

战术情报系统模型化分析方法

针对未来联合作战活动中陆军作战部队的战术应用需求,提炼出陆军战术情报系统建设的组织体系模型和情报生产区域模型,同时,以某一陆军战术作战单位为例,提出并深入分析对应情报系统节点的功能参考模型,建立了基于组织体系模型和功能参考模型的陆军战术情报系统模型化分析方法,详细描述了该模型化分析方法涉及的陆军战术情报系统的6个主要功能单元;最后简要分析了该模型化分析方法的军事应用前景.     

“算法战”及其在空战领域中的应用

随着战争从体能较量、技能较量发展为智能较量,"算法战"与人工智能和指挥控制系统相关联并在其中占据关键地位,是实现智能化作战和建设智能军队的技术基础。通过梳理与总结美军在落实"算法战"研究方面所进行的开创性工作,理清"算法战"发展的脉络,重点对"算法战"产生背景、基本概念与内涵以及发展现状进行了探讨,结合课题组在航空集群作战领域的研究基础,探讨"算法战"在空战领域的落脚应用的可鉴之策,为我空军装备的信息化升级和智能化转型奠定基础。     

机动作战地空导弹载波相位差分定位模型研究

地空导弹部队在防空作战中,导弹火力单元要按上级的命令适时机动,需要对所在位置进行精确定位并及时上报上级单位,以便尽快组成新的雷达网继续参加战斗。根据GPS测距和差分GPS定位原理,利用载波相位差分设备把采集的载波相位发送给用户站进行求差解算坐标,得到机动作战导弹火力单元的位置坐标。根据载波相位差分定位GPS载波相位差分接收机技术成熟,成本不高,适合机动作战导弹部队应用。通过编制相应的模型软件,以及加入通信接口,便可用于导弹火力单元雷达站址的快速定位。     

地空反辐射导弹武器系统作战效能影响评估模型

地空反辐射导弹武器系统融入战术防空体系对防空作战效能的影响如何定量评估是作战运用研究的重要问题。采用阶段概率分析法建立了打击空袭方预警机、电子干扰机对防空作战效能和我方航空兵突击作战效能影响评估模型,通过计算可得出定量数据供作战研究参考。实例计算结果表明地空反辐射导弹武器系统将能极大地提高防空导弹体系作战效能,对于获取防对抗中的信息优势将发挥举足轻重的作用,对地面防空由被动防御向攻防兼备转型将其有重大意义。     

美军情报战战法分析

介绍美军航天/航空/地面侦察等构成的空间、航空、地面"三位一体"全方位的情报网络.详述了美军情报搜集主要特点,即海陆空天综合一体的情报搜集、广泛设置处理机构和分散式的情报处理、实时互通的情报传递.详述和归纳了美军情报战的主要战法,即航天/航空侦察、无人机侦察等手段抢占太空制高点,以及探测覆盖全空域的重要特点.文章强调,现代高技术背景下的情报战,占领"太空、信息、情报"三大制高点刻不容缓.     

情商培育与新型军事人才培养

当前，对官兵进行情商培育要从以下几方面入手：更新观念，确立大智力观的人才培养目标；统筹规划，重视官兵情感教育与部队思想政治工作的结合渗透；以人为本，构建具有情感特性的军事训练模式；与时俱进，建立“二元化”的军事人才评价体系。     

野战防空C~3I与防空兵作战指挥控制

陆军防空兵自动化指挥系统已作为防空作战效能“倍增器”列入国家军装武器发展规划,并在近期可能交付防空部队使用。这一新装备、新技术的出现和发展必然会引起防空作战指挥的变化。在分析防空兵指挥自动化对防空作战指挥影响的基础上,对如何发挥防空兵自动化指挥的防空作战效能和防空兵指挥自动化需迫切解决的一些问题加以探讨。     

The Afghan model in northern Iraq

In Operation ‘Iraqi Freedom’, as the Coalition's heavy forces fought in the South, in the North a handful of special operations forces, working with Kurdish rebels, clashed with the Iraqi army along the Green Line. In operations reminiscent of those used a year earlier to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, the lightly armed and heavily outnumbered Coalition forces called in air strikes to defeat Iraq's regular and Republican Guard army divisions. This article tells the story of these operations and discusses some of their implications for future US military policy. The success of the Afghan model in Iraq goes a long way toward demonstrating the efficacy of new air-heavy tactics and shows the strategic value of using light indigenous allies to replace heavy US land forces in both conventional combat and occupation operations.     

进攻作战预警机与干扰机协同空域配置

针对进攻作战中预警机与己方干扰机协同空域配置问题,以预警机与干扰机在确保各自安全和有效遂行空中目标感知、远距离支援干扰作战任务为前提,构建基于两者存在电磁互扰时的预警机空域配置决策模型、干扰机空域配置决策模型、目标角度估算模型和协同空域配置优化决策模型,并提出一种协同效能评估模型,结合算法流程,针对进攻角、干扰机垂直方向因数,对预警机与干扰机协同空域配置的位置关系进行仿真分析,得出预警机和干扰机在协同作战时最优的空域配置,具有一定的实践指导意义。     

把人文精神融入军队思想政治教育中

实现军队思想政治教育人文关怀,是改进军队思想政治教育和促进我军现代化建设的重要任务。把人文关怀融入思想政治教育,使军队思想政治教育迈向更高层次,更加科学化。以马克思主义的人文精神及其内涵为基点,提出把人文精神融入军队思想政治教育中,在阐释军队思想政治教育实践人文关怀的路径上,实现官兵的个人发展和军队建设的和谐统一。     

Air power in humanitarian intervention: Kosovo and Libya in comparative perspective

It would be hard to overstate the importance of air power in humanitarian intervention (HI) and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Yet, the role of air power in HI and R2P has been understudied. This article seeks to remedy the lack of systematic investigation. It does so by developing a framework for assessing the effectiveness of air power during military operations in HI and R2P and applies it to NATO’s air campaigns in Kosovo (Operation Allied Force) and Libya (Operation Unified Protector). Upon examination NATO is revealed to have fared better in Libya than Kosovo in positively accomplishing its stated humanitarian objectives, minimizing collateral damage and reducing the costs for the interveners, all of which are aspects considered by the model. The relative effectiveness of Operations Unified Protector is generally attributed to geography, diplomacy and technology. It is argued that better ground support, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and burden sharing are needed to enhance the utility of air power in HI and R2P even further.     

美国防部首席信息官推进网络信息体系建设研究

网络信息体系是联合作战的桥梁和纽带,是推动军队现代化建设的重要组成部分。近年来,美军从地方引进了首席信息官制度,借鉴企业的主要做法和成功经验,推进军队信息化和军事信息系统的发展,取得了显著效果。研究美军首席信息官制度对于加强军队网络信息体系建设具有重要的参考作用。本文分析了美国国防部首席信息官的主要任务和定位,阐述了下属机构的分工和职责,研究了美国防部首席信息官从战略规划、技术架构、云平台、人工智能、实战导向、安全保密和人才培养等方面推进美军网络信息体系建设的主要做法,在此基础上,结合军队建设实际,提出了推进网信体系建设的对策建议。期望该研究能为加强军队网络信息体系建设提供参考和借鉴。     

An extensible modeling framework for dynamic reassignment and rerouting in cooperative airborne operations

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), increasingly vital to the success of military operations, operate in a complex and dynamic environment, sometimes in concert with manned aircraft. We present an extensible modeling framework for the solution to the dynamic resource management (DRM) problem, where airborne resources must be reassigned to time‐sensitive tasks in response to changes in battlespace conditions. The DRM problem is characterized by diverse tasks with time windows, heterogeneous resources with fuel‐ and payload‐capacity limitations, and multiple competing objectives. We propose an integer linear programing formulation for this problem, where mathematical feasibility is guaranteed. Although motivated by airborne military operations, the proposed general modeling framework is applicable to a wide array of settings, such as disaster relief operations. Additionally, land‐ or water‐based operations may be modeled within this framework, as well as any combination of manned and unmanned vehicles. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

空中反恐中保卫目标重要度指标体系研究

空中恐怖袭击具有突然性和随意性的特点,其目的是通过制造恐怖事件引起巨大影响,带来社会恐慌。通过分析空中恐怖袭击对袭击目标选择的特点,剖析其规律性,从而建立空中反恐保卫目标重要度指标体系和保卫目标重要度评价模型,对保卫目标进行科学有效地划定与排序,便于在空中反恐作战中对保卫目标及早进行确定、实施空中警戒范围划定和战斗部署。     

军队领导干部要强化问题意识

领导干部要有强烈的问题意识,是习主席在全面深化改革中提出的新要求。领导干部作为军队改革的推动者、组织者、实施者,所处地位十分重要,其问题意识的强弱直接影响改革成效。把握问题意识的科学内涵,就是要用系统论的观点,从正确地对待问题、敏锐地发现问题、辩证地分析问题和科学地解决问题四个方面加以理解。军队领导干部增强问题意识,应做到坚定理想信念,服从服务大局,破解单位建设难题,密切联系群众。     

基于灰色聚类的多机种保障装备保障能力评估

随着多机种作战成为空军作战的主要方式,对地面保障装备的保障能力提出了更高的要求,保障能力的好坏直接关系到作战任务的完成与否。通过对多机种保障任务进行分析,建立了多机种保障装备保障能力评估指标体系,采用层次分析法确定了各指标的权重,运用灰色聚类的评估方法对多机种保障装备的保障能力进行了评估,并结合实例,验证了该方法的有效性,为保障能力的提升提供了参考依据。     

概率分布模型的飞机战备完好率评估与预测

飞机战备完好率是军用飞机战斗力的重要体现.在分析目前部队常用的飞机战备完好率算法缺陷的基础上,建立了基于概率分布的飞机战备完好率计算模型,该模型体现了飞机任务可靠性、维修性与战备完好性之间的关系.以某型飞机为例,通过分析飞机任务可靠度,利用飞机可靠性、维修性、保障性及作战训练任务的历史统计数据,依据概率分布模型对飞机的...