The virtual dimension of contemporary insurgency and counterinsurgency

This paper looks at the virtual dimension of contemporary insurgency and counterinsurgency. It argues that the West is faltering in the ‘War of Ideas’ with global Jihad for the main reason that the messages that we wish to convey lack narrative coherence. This is a result of the fact that we misapprehend the nature of the virtual operational environment whereas our opponents possess an intuitive grasp of it as a result of which their structure and method of operations are better adapted and more effective than our own. There is no reason, beyond inertia, that this should remain the case.     

Colonial violence and its ‘Small Wars’: fighting the Kuki ‘guerillas’ during the Great War in Northeast India, 1917–1919

ABSTRACT

This paper concerns the lesser known British counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in Northeast frontier of India during the First World War. Officially known as the ‘Kuki Operations’, it was considered as part of the Great War. Carried out in isolation from press and public, and shelved in colonial archives, the event remained invisible until today. Yet, it registers a critical case of colonial COIN doctrine where the ‘moral effect’ doctrine was employed without being questioned. It unleashed enormous amount of organized violence, ranging from shoot at sight to indiscriminate burning of villages, wholesale destruction of property and livestock, prevention of cultivation and rebuilding of villages, forced mass displacement in jungles or in ‘concentration camps’, and collective punishment (communal penal labour and payment of compensation) after the war. This paper argues that the theory of ‘minimum force’ and the practicability of the ‘moral effect’ doctrine as applied by the Empire, sit oddly with each other at the frontier, where violence was seen both as a natural and moral orders. Violence as an ‘imperatively necessary’ method to bring order in a disorderly frontier, in the opinion of colonial state, informs and registers Northeast India as geography of violence.     

One size does not fit all: personalized incentives in military compensation

A critical element in implementing a compensation scheme including nonmonetary incentives (NMIs) is recognizing that preferences vary widely across Service members. There are at least three sources of variability: across different population classes, across individuals within a population class, and across NMI packages for a particular individual. Surveys across different military communities, ranks, and years of Service show the difficulty of identifying any NMI that has significant value for even 50% of the active duty force. At the same time, approximately 80% of the surveyed Service members expressed a significant positive value for at least one NMI. Therefore, one-size-fits-all incentive packages will not be nearly as effective as more personalized incentive packages. The authors discuss variability in Service member NMI preferences and outline an approach to implementing personalized NMI packages in military compensation through a sealed-bid reverse auction, where Service members select individual NMIs from a “cafeteria-style” menu of options.     

弹道修正弹射程偏差预测与阻力板展开时机优化

根据弹道修正弹阻力板的展开控制对于射程偏差预测要求的实时性,提出基于摄动原理的射程偏差预测算法.为解决阻力板修正能力在线计算数据量大的问题,提出在弹载计算机上装定阻力板修正能力表格的方法,给出发射前计算修正能力表格的过程和飞行中使用修正能力表格的步骤,提出阻力板展开时机的优化判断条件,并采用该方法对某型弹道修正火箭弹射程修正控制进行仿真试验和飞行试验.仿真试验结果表明,当目标射程为33 565.4m时,经修正后火箭弹的射程偏差能控制在20m以内;飞行试验结果表明,弹道修正火箭弹的射程偏差实测为24m,射程精度得到明显提高.     

Analysis on the resistive force in penetration of a rigid projectile

According to the dimensionless formulae of DOP (depth of penetration) of a rigid projectile into different targets, the resistive force which a target exerts on the projectile during the penetration of rigid projectile is theoretically analyzed. In particular, the threshold V_c of impact velocity applicable for the assumption of constant resistive force is formulated through impulse analysis. The various values of V_c corresponding to different pairs of projectile-target are calculated, and the consistency of the relative test data and numerical results is observed.     

反恐兵力分配运筹方法辅助决策研究

将影响兵力分配决策的各主要因素及其相互关系抽象为线性规划数学模型，通过数学模型的求解，可确定最佳兵力分配方案。模型的建立过程可灵活地体现所有主要的现实需要和考虑因素，因而具有广泛的适用性。计算机软件的引入，可瞬问求得最优解，满足实际作战需要。     

反电动势对无扰载荷航天器精确定向的影响

无扰载荷航天器中非接触式作动器反电动势会引起有效载荷模块与支持模块之间的耦合，影响有效载荷模块的精确定向性能。通过建立无扰载荷航天器的耦合动力学模型，分析非接触式作动器反电动势对有效载荷模块精确定向性能的影响。考虑六支杆立方构型无扰载荷接口，结合拉格朗日方程和牛顿欧拉方法建立有效载荷模块平台动力学模型。推导非接触式作动器的输出力模型，并引入有效载荷模块平台动力学模型，给出考虑非接触式作动器反电动势的耦合动力学模型。将支持模块上飞轮动静不平衡引起的谐振作为干扰力矩，建立了无扰载荷航天器在轨定向状态的Simulink仿真模型。仿真结果表明，反电动势系数越大，干扰力矩对有效载荷模块的影响越大，有效载荷模块精确定向精度越低。     

用动网格法计算理想平板的颤振导数

提出了一种数值模拟振动的理想平板绕流场 ,并提取其气动导数的方法。时间相关的不可压N S方程采用Projetion 2格式解耦 ,关于中间速度的动量方程的时间和空间离散采用二阶半隐格式 ,压力Possion方程迭代用多层网格法加速收敛。分别计算平板作竖向强迫振动或扭转强迫振动的气动力 ,用动网格法考虑平板和气流的耦合作用。由计算得到的气动力用最小二乘法确定 8个气动导数。计算结果和理想平板的Theodorsen理论值有较好的一致性     

喷流干扰效应的快速计算方法

给出了一种快速计算火箭发动机喷流流场的方法,并在此基础上发展了一种计算喷流与物面间干扰流场及飞行器气动特性的工程计算方法。该方法不仅考虑了喷流与物面的碰撞,还考虑了有攻角下自由来流与喷流间的相互干扰。计算结果表明,该方法对飞行器初步设计是十分有用的工具     

直接力/气动力复合作用动能拦截弹姿态控制方法

针对直接力/气动力复合作用动能拦截弹的姿态控制问题,建立了拦截弹俯仰-偏航通道短周期运动模型;利用线性二次型最优跟踪控制理论结合姿控固体小火箭点火逻辑设计了复合控制系统,通过分析非线性容限得出了该系统对直接力偏差具有强鲁棒性的结论;姿控回路仿真表明系统具有快速响应特性及良好的跟踪性能,考虑侧喷干扰效应等实际条件的六自由度弹道仿真表明所设计的控制系统能够满足拦截末段直接碰撞要求。