INVESTIGATING THE RUBBLE OF SYRIA'S SECRET REACTOR

Damascus has severely impeded an investigation by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) into Syria's construction of a covert nuclear reactor, which was destroyed in a 2007 Israeli air strike. Pressing Damascus to cooperate with the inquiry is necessary to ascertain that there are no other undeclared activities in Syria, to determine the role of North Korea in the construction of the reactor, and to help prevent future clandestine efforts. With Damascus doing its best to avoid the investigation, securing Syrian cooperation will require adept diplomacy backed by the prospect of special inspections and, if necessary, a referral to the UN Security Council. The case of Syria's secret reactor highlights areas in which the IAEA needs buttressing, from the enhanced sharing of information, to reporting that is less political and more forthright. The case also illustrates the downside of politicizing IAEA investigations and supports the new director's apparent intent to return the agency to its core technical tasks.     

An Analysis of the Threat of Malicious Chemical Use by Nonstate Actors: Questioning the State-based Approach to Chemical Nonproliferation

ABSTRACT

This study seeks to evaluate the threat of malicious chemical use by non-state actors. It finds that non-state actors have primarily turned to ready-to-use crude chemical weapons (CW) instead of traditional CW agents. Interestingly, the worst crude CW attacks have been more destructive than those employing traditional CW. Scenarios for catastrophic consequences exist, but chemical attacks have typically been used to accomplish tactical goals, which leverage psychological and economic impacts. Therefore, successful efforts to counter CW proliferation by non-state actors must be substantially different from those targeting states.     

四轮全向移动机器人的双闭环速度控制系统设计

设计了四轮全向移动机器人的传感器信息采集硬件电路,并通过分析四轮全向移动机器人的运动学模型,提出了基于TI公司最新研发的TMS320F28069为主控制器的直流电机双闭环速度控制方案.试验结果表明:所提控制方案能够满足四轮全向移动机器人速度控制的要求,且响应速度快、误差小.     

Review of the ordered and proportionate flow shop scheduling research

Ordered flow shop models have appeared in the literature since the mid‐1970s and proportionate flow shop models have appeared since the early 1980s. We provide a detailed review of these models along with some analysis and potential topics for future research. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2013     

Non-lethal weapons and the long tail of warfare

This paper examines whether non-lethal weapons (NLWs) enhance the capability of the US armed forces to conduct irregular warfare (IW) operations. With expectations that the operational environment will only continue to become more complex in the future, NLWs may reduce the level of violence received, as well as dispensed, by US forces while performing tasks in the IW spectrum. We argue that NLWs increase the ability of US forces to address the long tail of warfare and their deployment should be increased in the near term.     

冲激回波信号的双二重相关匹配滤波技术研究

超宽带冲激脉冲回波检测是超宽带雷达探测目标的关键,检测效能的高低将决定超宽带雷达的应用.在传统二重相关匹配滤波技术的基础上,提出了双二重相关匹配滤波技术.分析了双二重相关匹配滤波技术的检测原理,建立了超宽带冲激脉冲串回波信号模型,对比了不同信噪比下2种接收技术的仿真结果,仿真结果表明接收技术改进后能进一步抑制噪声,提高信噪比.研究对超宽带雷达接收机的设计有一定的借鉴和参考价值.     

双模圆锥喇叭单孔战损补片修复方法研究

由于馈源损伤对雷达对抗装备天线性能影响严重,且其修复效果决定天线性能恢复程度,因此,需要研究出较为有效的馈源修复方法.基于高频电磁场分析方法,针对雷达对抗装备馈源单孔损伤模式,运用现有战场抢修手段,通过FEKO软件模拟修复及仿真分析,探讨研究馈源单孔损伤补片修复方法.通过大量的模拟修复以及仿真分析,总结出馈源单孔损伤战场补片修复的一般原则.