General Dostum and the Mazar i Sharif Campaign: new light on the role of Northern Alliance warlords in Operation Enduring Freedom

This report sheds new light on the CIA and US Special Forces' covert campaign alongside Afghan Northern Alliance leader General Dostum's horse-mounted Uzbeks during 2001's Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2003 and 2005 the author traveled over the Hindu Kush Mountains to the plains of Northern Afghanistan and lived with the legendary Northern Alliance opposition leader General Dostum. His aim was to recreate Dostum's campaign alongside the CIA and Special Forces to seize the holy city of Mazar i Sharif from the Taliban in November 2001. Based on interviews with Dostum and his Uzbek commanders, this article recreates this proxy offensive that saw the Northern Alliance opposition break out of the mountains, seize this shrine town and bring the Taliban house of cards falling down in a matter of weeks. Up until now the indigenous Afghan Uzbeks, who played a crucial role as a ‘boots on the ground’ fighting force for Centcom, have been cast as a mere backdrop for American heroics. Now their side of the story and their links to the mysterious shrine of Mazar i Sharif are for the first time revealed.     

Investigating optimal replacement of aging air force systems

An availability‐oriented approach has been developed to decide when to replace an aging system. For an existing system, it is optimal to operate another year if and only if the incremental cost per available year is less than the lifetime average cost per available year of a new aircraft. We illustrate our approach using United States Air Force KC‐135 tanker data. In demonstrating our approach, we find it will be optimal to replace the KC‐135 by the end of the decade.     

防空指挥控制系统情报融合能力测试空情设计

针对防空指挥控制系统情报融合能力测试需要,重点研究了测试空情设计问题。具体论述了防空情报融合的目的和评判准则,基于提出的评判准则分析了测试空情设计策略和步骤,设计了测试空情基本用例,开发设计了测试系统。经仿真测试,测试系统能较好地满足空情设计需求,支持防空指挥控制系统情报融合能力测试。     

从X-47B看美国无人作战飞机发展

无人作战飞机代表了航空装备无人化发展的方向.美国X-47B无人作战飞机已经完成了航母上自主弹射起飞和拦阻着舰,标志着美军海空作战模式将发生革命性的改变.这是人类的一小步,但对于无人系统来说却是技术发展的一大步.文章以X-47B为例,回顾了美军无人作战飞机的发展历程,分析了美军对无人作战飞机的概念和认识的变化,以及无人作战飞机对未来空中作战的影响,总结了值得借鉴的经验和教训.     

日本现代国土防空系统探析

日本现代国土防空系统由预警与指挥控制系统及防空拦截武器系统两大部分组成,其中的预警与指挥控制系统由各种地面雷达、高速计算机及预警机组成。"巴其"系统的指挥控制则由数据处理设备、通信设备及显示设备等组成。而防空拦截武器系统主要包括歼击机、中远程防空导弹、各种近程防空导弹及防空高炮等。就日本现代国土防空系统的功能与特点、现状及发展趋势作一探讨与分析。     

空压机实验装置的设计建造与性能研究

本文利用自己设计建造的空压机综合试验装置,根据气体流量测量的基本理论,对活塞往复式空压机的性能进行了实测研究与分析。从实验、实测到理论验证,证实了该装置设计是正确的、成功的。该装置能够全面、正确地测试出往复活塞式空压机的综合性能。     

舰船空调装置冷却水系统节能研究

本文对舰船空调装置的冷却水系统进行了分析研究,并对潜艇空调装置的冷却水系统进行了试验。试验结果表明;采用降低离心冷却水泵转速的方法,既可满足空调冷却系统的要求,又可实现节能。     

Sharing security in an era of international cooperation: unmanned aerial vehicles and the United States’ Air Force

The United States’ Air Force (USAF) has developed and used unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to monitor and assassinate dangerous terrorists in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. Currently, there are few countries that possess armed UAV and since the US created much of this technology, the USAF is usually part of the training that automatically accompanies the purchase of its UAVs. The research question this article attempts to answer is, “What is the extent of the United States’ Air Force assistance in the training and proliferation of UAV technology to foreign militaries?”     

防空布势模式的系统动力学模型研究

制空权在现代战争中的地位和作用十分重要,防空兵力的布势模式是防空方夺取制空权的重要条件。明确了要地防空与区域防空的基本概念,基于系统动力学理论,建立了防空布势模式的简化系统动力学模型,通过不同模拟结果的比较,印证了区域防空理论的先进性,并作出了相应的对策分析。     

从局部战争看空袭突防的电子战战术

空袭突防在电子战中的地位和作用越来越突出,引起世界各军事强国极大的重视和投入.结合最近10年间几次局部战争中空袭突防情况,分析了空袭突防的基本模式,阐述了空袭突防中的电子战战术的内容和运用,并对未来战争中空袭突防进行了展望.