Violence and the state: Lessons from Colombia

Whether or not Colombia has improved is a controversial topic. If improvement has occurred, what, if any, lessons from the Colombian model can be learned? The first lesson is that Colombia's problems were caused more by a weak state than by drugs. The second lesson is that improving state capacity requires more than just increased security. The state must also provide the basic social services that citizens require to gain and maintain their support. Additionally, government institutions need to improve their professionalism, protect human rights, and root out impunity and corruption. The alternative is to suffer from new cycles of violence as old foes are vanquished, but new ones emerge.     

基于点模式匹配的雷达航迹与航行计划匹配算法

在雷达航迹与航行计划匹配时,针对传统算法对单点信息依赖程度较高,在信息缺失、目标机动等情况下匹配效果差的问题,提出了一种基于滑窗的改进点模式匹配算法。首先,提取了雷达航迹多特征点,利用特征点集弥补单点信息的不足,通过简化匹配分数的计算,降低了点模式匹配复杂度。仿真实验结果表明,改进的点模式匹配算法显著提高了信息缺失、目标机动等情况下的匹配正确率。     

基于门限偶极子模型的四轮车变速度轨迹跟踪控制

针对利用李亚普诺夫函数控制律设计的轨迹跟踪控制器在跟踪初始误差较大和离散轨迹时,存在速度跳变问题和拐点处误差偏大的问题,设计了一种基于门限偶极子模型和趋向模型的变速度轨迹跟踪控制器。以四轮车的运动学模型为研究对象,在李亚普诺夫函数控制律的基础上,引入门限偶极子模型解决了初始误差较大速度跳变问题,同时引入纵向控制中的趋向模型,解决了不连续轨迹拐点处误差偏大的问题,使得跟踪轨迹更为光滑,进一步提高了跟踪精度。通过仿真结果对比分析,验证了改进控制器的有效性。     

基于解析算法的声纳浮标搜潜系统定位精度分析

针对基于位置时间参数解析算法的声纳浮标阵搜潜系统的定位精度问题,采用定性和定量分析相结合的方法展开了研究。从解析定位模型出发,首先定性分析浮标自身的定位误差与传感器测时误差对航速及航向角计算的影响;然后选取评价指标,采用蒙特卡洛方法进行了仿真分析,得到了不同仿真条件下各个因素对定位精度具体的影响关系,这些结论为根据精度参数合理选择浮标阵的数量及布放阵型提供了依据。     

小口径速射舰炮武器系统反导射击方法研究

小口径速射舰炮受弹鼓容量及舰炮发射系统限制,一般不能在舰炮武器系统有效射击范围内全航路持续射击,这就要求对射击方法进行研究。应用蒙特卡洛法,在MATLAB软件平台上计算了小口径速射舰炮武器系统对匀速直线运动导弹的命中概率与弹丸相遇点距离间的关系,提出了以全航路最大概率命中导弹有效部位为基础制定射击终止点,反推射击起始点的射击方法,提高了舰炮武器系统在全航路射弹数限定条件下的命中概率;以舰炮武器系统跟踪器最大跟踪角速度限制因素为例,分析了导弹运动速度、航路捷径与射击区域的对应关系,并应用本方法对导弹典型航路的射击方案进行了仿真。仿真结果表明该方法在一定条件下能有效提高舰炮武器系统对导弹的全航路命中概率。     

THE F‐35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER AS A SOURCE OF INNOVATIon AND EMPLOYMENT: SOME INTERIM RESULTS

The F‐35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme is important for innovation in the Dutch economy and also contributes to other programmes in the aerospace industry (spin‐off) and other industries (spillover). On top of the expected value of US$9.2 billion in development and production, based on interviews with 10 companies and research institutes, an expected spin‐off of US$1.1 billion and an expected spillover of US$120 million will result. In addition, over 23,000 man‐years are associated with the activities in the development and production of the JSF. This study excludes the large and labour‐intensive Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) activities. Further validation of data and an update of current results is planned for 2006.     

NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS THE CURRENCY OF POWER

There are important similarities between the pattern of behavior Karl Marx identified with respect to commodities—a pattern he called “fetishism”—and the pattern of behavior identified in this article with respect to military force. Marx identified money as the mature expression of commodity fetishism; the author identifies nuclear weapons as the mature expression of the fetishism of force. As such, nuclear weapons function as the currency of power in the international system. This article lays out a theory of nuclear fetishism by adapting four themes that are characteristic of the pattern of behavior known as fetishism: materiality, historicality, efficacy, and reification. By applying these categories to the fetishism of nuclear weapons, the author shows that nuclear weapons represent a new social form consistent with, yet distinct from, other fetish objects.     

基于目标舷角分布范围的拖线阵声纳左右舷分辨推理模型

被动拖曳线列阵声纳存在目标左右舷模糊的问题,现有分辨模型可能导致误判。为克服现有模型的误判问题,综合考虑目标距离、初始舷角以及本舰机动角度等重要影响因素,建立了本舰转向完成重新测得目标时目标舷角(θ1)分布范围的解算模型。基于该模型得到目标分别位于本舰左舷或右舷时目标舷角对应的分布区间1和区间2。根据区间1和区间2的不同组合以及θ1值落在区间1和区间2的不同情形,建立了拖曳线列阵声纳左右舷的新模型。最后,实例验证了模型的适用性和正确性。     

一种基于层次分析法的舰炮武器系统选型综合评价模型

针对舰炮武器系统选型配置决策中众多制约因素难以平衡兼顾的难题,本文基于层次分析法,综合了作战效能、全寿命周期费用、研制周期、适装性、技术可行性和发展潜力等多变量因素,提出并建立了一套综合优化舰炮武器系统选型配置方案的方法和模型,实现了舰炮武器系统选型配置问题的优化决策,最后以大口径主炮武器系统发展选型为例,给出了模型的应用实例。