弹药长期贮存后发射药剩余能量的计算

对弹药在长期贮存过程中其发射药剩余能量的变化情况进行了研究。首先建立了箱装弹药中发射药放热规律的数学模型 ,然后利用数值模拟的方法计算了其在贮存过程中的剩余能量 ,最后对计算结果进行了分析与讨论     

均匀对称刚体动能的另一种计算方法

对几种常见均匀对称刚体的动能给出了另一种计算方法,并举例说明了应用这种方法求解相关问题时在一定程度上可简化计算过程.     

高空动能拦截器末制导导引方法设计与实现

以高空动能拦截器为研究对象,为其末制导段设计了一种“逐段限制视线转率”的导引方法,使之最终能直接命中目标,实现动能拦截的任务并通过仿真计算验证了该导引法的可行性。     

子母弹抛撒半径对机场毁伤效果影响分析

首先阐述了机场目标在未来战争中的地位与作用 ,在对机场目标及其子目标分析的基础上 ,建立了炮道失效率的计算模型。利用蒙卡模拟的方法重点研究了子母弹抛撒半径对机场毁伤效果的影响 ,并摸索了一些规律     

飞机武器系统作战效能分析研究的进展

阐述了飞机武器系统的组成、作战任务、作战效能分析等发展概况。在此基础上就飞机武器系统作战效能分析研究进行了综述 ,并指出了飞机武器系统作战效能分析的发展趋势     

直流螺旋线圈电磁发射器的能量转换效率

综合考虑换向过程、炮口剩余磁能和电阻的能量损耗等因素,建立等效电路模型,通过理论、数值计算和实验的方法,对比分析了常规螺旋发射器和一种新型螺旋发射器的效率。结果表明:电阻焦耳热损耗的能量最大,其次是换向磁能损失,而炮口剩余磁能损失最小。降低电阻、增大互感梯度、减小驱动线圈单元的匝数、增大工作电流等方式可以有效提高发射器的能量转换效率。然而,较大的互感梯度也会带来较大的换向磁能和炮口磁能损失,造成炮管烧蚀甚至损坏、能量泄放和效率降低。另外,恒流工作模式的螺旋发射器理论效率超过轨道炮,且新型螺旋发射器结构的理论效率接近100%,未来有望在超导或较低电阻的情况下实现应用。     

A nation-in-the-making,in arms: control of force,strategy and the Ukrainian Volunteer Battalions

At the core of waging war and strategy is the creation, control and use of force. This article investigates the volunteer battalions that mobilized in Ukraine during the spring of 2014. It contextualizes the volunteer phenomenon and focuses on the state strategies to establish control over these militias. As ambiguous entities arising from a situation characterized by rapid social change – revolution and war – the volunteer battalions threatened existing hierarchies and questioned state authority. The situation was exacerbated by the war, which deviated from the expectations of Ukrainian combatants and Western military observers alike. The state nevertheless enjoyed a modicum of success in reining in the militias through four strategies of undermining, co-option, incorporation and coercion. While predominantly integrated into a more rigid category of paramilitary forces, the volunteers continue to play a role in both the Ukrainian society and security sector to the unforeseeable future.     

The Hungarian experience with Gripen fighter aircraft

The post-communist countries transition from the Warsaw Pact style of platforms and systems to Western-compatible capabilities has never been an easy task or a process without conflicts. This was no different for the Visegrád countries either, in which case the Hungarian Gripen procurement stands out. After much debate, Budapest decided to modernize its fighter fleet with the not battle tested Swedish-made Gripen fighter aircraft. This decision received several critiques due to the lack of transparency in the selection process and the initial lack of NATO-required systems. Subsequently, the fleet has had to operate in a financially demanding environment. Moreover, the air force has lost two aircrafts in accidents. Now that the jets are in the middle of their envisaged life cycle, it is more than appropriate to answer the question if the Gripens can utilize their full combat potential or will they fail the test of time?     

The crisis of American military assistance: strategic dithering and Fabergé Egg armies

ABSTRACT

The United States has provided substantial amounts of military assistance and aid since the end of World War Two. During the Cold War, it proved vital in protecting numerous regimes from communist takeovers. Successful outcomes occurred when American leaders made large initial aid commitments, and the states had the capacity and political willpower to use it effectively. However, Vietnam was an example of how U.S. support lagged, as leaders in Saigon preferred political survival instead of creating regime legitimacy. Following 9/11, American security aid focused on making weak countries develop stronger security forces. Unfortunately, this created Fabergé egg militaries: expensive and easily broken by insurgents. This article suggests long-term strategic commitments need to be made alongside more resources for the American State Department and similar organizations to focus on the politics of state-building. Finally, this article suggests strategies, such as “whole-of-government” approaches, to improve long-term security and political institution building.     

Improvise,adapt and fail to overcome? Capacity building,culture and exogenous change in Sierra Leone

Military capacity building (MCB) is as problematic as it is ubiquitous, with the British experience in Sierra Leone providing a rare example of ostensible success. This article critiques the dominant conceptualisation of MCB as purely a principal–agent (PA) problem, using military change scholarship to examine the impact of wartime British intervention on the Sierra Leonean armed forces. Here, indigenous military change was both externally driven and fundamentally adaptive in nature, allowing MCB to bypass some of the difficulties predicted by PA models. However, this adaptive approach nonetheless failed to reconcile Western military values with prevailing Sierra Leonean culture, complicating post-war stabilisation efforts.