Optimal versus required defence expenditure: The case of the Greek-Turkish arms race

The aim of this paper is to indicate the extent to which the arms race against Turkey, in which Greece and Cyprus have been entangled, imposes a defence expenditure burden that is tough for the two allies to bear. To do so we have resorted to evaluating the optimal military expenditure for the two countries, allied in the context of the Integrated Defence Doctrine, which is compatible with the constraints imposed by the resources of their economies. All experiments and scenarios examined lead to the conclusion that the current defence burden of the two allies seems to be driving their economies beyond capacity limits. The fact remains, however, that under the circumstances, a one-sided disarmament policy like the one currently followed by Greece, is a risky choice given that the long-term armament programmes pursued by Turkey, whose role in this arms race has been proven as leading, leave very small room to the Greek and Cypriot sides to reduce their own defence expenditure.     

GLOBALIZING REAGAN'S INF TREATY

When it was concluded more than a quarter century ago, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union was hailed as a disarmament watershed, eliminating entire classes of nuclear missiles from the arsenals of the arms-racing Cold War superpowers. Over the intervening decades, there have been repeated calls to convert this legacy treaty into a new international norm against nuclear and missile proliferation by broadening it into a global prohibition on ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. Indeed, variations on this proposal have been knocking around for so long and with so little success that the entire concept has come to be dismissed by many knowledgeable insiders as something of a farce. Looking beyond its inauspicious pedigree, however, this viewpoint suggests that the time is opportune for Washington to give the idea a fresh look. Drawing on a detailed review of the history of “Global INF” and an analysis of the contemporary context, the author recommends that the Obama administration consider a simple declaratory approach that promises modest initial benefits, avoids previous and foreseeable pitfalls, and plausibly lays a solid foundation for achieving significant long-term progress.     

脑机协调控制技术及其军事应用前景

脑机接口技术为人们提供了一种不依赖外周神经和肌肉系统的新的控制和通讯方式。文章以脑机接口技术为基础．以多关节机械臂为控制对象,设计并实现了将大脑直接控制与设备自动控制这两种方式在同一个控制系统中的有机结合,充分发挥人脑的智能与机器的性能,并对脑机协调控制技术的军事应用前景进行了讨论,旨在为通过生物交叉技术显著提升武器装备的使用效率提供参考。     

未知导引律下基于滚动时域控制的规避优化方法

合适的机动规避对于飞机的生存力有着至关重要的影响,在来袭导弹导引律未知的情况下,准确地判断导弹导引律可以更好地进行飞机的机动决策。为此,提出一种方法对导引律未知情况下的规避进行模拟。通过贝叶斯推理得出导引律的概率区间,利用滚动时域控制的方法得到飞机的实时控制量,最终达到规避导弹的目的。     

基于CMM的指挥控制能力成熟度模型

分析了美军与北约等外军对指挥控制能力成熟度模型的研究现状,借鉴软件生产能力成熟度模型(CMM)的相关方法,提出了我军指挥控制能力成熟度的研究思路和指挥控制能力成熟度模型总体架构与评价方法,阐述和展望了该模型的应用。     

水域无人系统平台自主航行及协同控制研究进展

水域无人系统平台是指可通过远程遥控、无人驾驶、自主航行等方式达成任务的一类平台,涵盖无人船艇及其所配备的无人机、自主水下机器人等.自主航行及协同控制理论技术水平是水域无人系统平台的核心所在,已成为船舶与海洋工程及水上交通等领域的热点研究方向.为掌握水域无人系统平台的自主航行及协同控制方面的发展动态和趋势,综述了水域无人...     

航电仿真系统中RS422总线监控软件的设计

针对航电仿真系统总线监控软件专用性强的特点和重复开发多、欠缺标准开发流程的问题,为了提高航电仿真系统的开发效率,根据实际需求提出一种以RS422总线为数据传输通道的总线监控软件的设计方案。该方案采用分层开放式架构,结合面向对象与模块化设计思想,在一定限度内增强了软件的可扩展性与可重用性。在某型号航电仿真系统中的应用表明,以此方案设计的总线监控软件满足航电系统仿真的各项技术指标及用户需求能够有效辅助航电仿真系统的设计与开发。     

反应堆控制棒驱动线故障分析

本文分析了反应堆控制棒驱动线几种典型故障发生的原因和机理,并提出了消除故障的改进措施。     

对机动目标的滤波问题和灰色预测

叙述了火控系统中滤波的几种方法,分析了滤波中所存在的问题,并应用灰色系统理论对机动目标进行预测,讨论了火控灰色预测的特点。     

最小路算法在网络型控制系统可靠度计算中的应用

本文主要介绍了最小路算法在计算网络型控制系统可靠度中的应用,包括最小路的定义,用邻接矩阵法求网络系统的最小路,用不交集合的方法求系统的可靠度,并举例进行计算,最后对计算结果进行分析。文章对较复杂系统可靠度的计算有一定的实际意义,对系统的可靠性设计有一定的指导作用。