The Sword of General Sir William Fenwick Williams,Baronet of Kars,in the Royal Armouries (IX.1841) and Aspects of High Victorian Sword Design

Abstract

The Sword of Honour (RA IX.1841) presented in 1856 by the Province of Nova Scotia to its native son, General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Bart. for his deeds at Kars, Turkey, is described, illustrated, discussed and placed both in its historical and its design context. Other notable British swords of the Victorian Age (1837–1901), the Age of Empire, are also examined and the various and influential aspects of their designs, ornament and iconography discussed.     

基于解析结构模型的网络空间信息防御能力分析

针对网络空间信息防御需求及特点,利用解析结构模型方法,分析网络空间信息防御能力的影响要素及其关系,建立网络空间信息防御能力影响要素的层次结构模型,并找出核心要素和关键环节,为网络空间信息防御能力建设提供决策支持。     

Enmeshed in insurgency: Britain's protracted retreats from Iraq and Afghanistan

Ten years of counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan have produced little in Britain's national interest. This article examines the political objectives set in these wars and the reasons why they have proved elusive. The core foreign policy aim was to sustain Britain's position as a great power by assuming responsibility for global order. Alliances with the United States and NATO would be the diplomatic tool for pursuing this aim. These alliances brought obligations, in the shape of agreed common threats. Rogue regimes with weapons of mass destruction and international terrorists harboured in failed states were deemed the primary threats to British security. Military means were therefore used in Iraq and Afghanistan to attack them. Whether Tony Blair's vision of global order ever made sense is debatable, and it attracted scepticism from the outset. The article argues experience in Iraq and Afghanistan showed that a strategy to eliminate terrorism (the WMD threat turned out never to have existed) by expeditionary counterinsurgency could only fail. Therefore the attention lavished on operational-level performance by most studies is misplaced, because no amount of warfighting excellence could make up for strategic incoherence. Finally, the article proposes the more important question arising from the last ten years is why the UK pursued a futile strategy for so long. The difficulties associated with interpreting events, a malfunctioning strategic apparatus, weak political oversight, and bureaucratic self-interest are posited as the most significant explanations.     

Goodbye to all that: On small wars and big choices

This article reflects on a decade of British counterinsurgency operations. Questioning the idea that lessons have been learnt, the paper challenges the assumptions that are being used to frame future strategic choice. Suggesting that defence engagement is primarily focused on optimising overseas interventions while avoiding a deeper strategic reassessment about whether the UK should be undertaking these sorts of activities, the article calls for a proper debate on Britain's national security interests.     

反导防御与反导条约

以美国国家导弹防御计划为背景对美、俄所签订的反导条约作了分析 ,其中包括条约要点、条约修改和发展 ,从“修约”到单方“退约”等 ,最后对美退出反导条约背景及影响作了结论     

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。     

移动式防空C3I系统性能分析与软件仿真试验床

从对移动式防空C3I系统性能分析与软件仿真试验床(TEST BED)的需求分析开始,给出了试验床的体系结构,阐述了试验床的功能、原理及软件系统的构成,最后分析了开发该试验床的意义.     

地理信息系统及其某些军事方面应用

介绍了一般地理信息系统的数据结构特点和作为其基础的图像数据库,并着重说明了在军事方面应用的地理信息系统应有的功能及构成。例举了在某些军事方面应用中对地理信息系统的一些特殊要求。     

Monte Carlo方法在计算机辅助布防中的应用

借助于统计推断的有关原理,提出了一种评估多个火力单元射击一批目标教果的方法。该方法可以为防空批导武器系统的合理布置提供参考,也可以用于评估一个已布置的防空反导系统的有效防卫能力,为最大限度地利用防空反导兵器提供依据。     

俄罗斯国防工业的反制裁之路

面对西方的制裁,俄罗斯国防工业的反制裁之路卓然有效。西方制裁从根本上说是政治目的压倒经济利益,指向俄罗斯经济的支柱产业和薄弱环节,国防工业是双方制裁与反制裁博弈的重点领域之一。俄罗斯国防工业反制裁的过程是在危机中寻找转机的过程,通过强化政府层面的顶层设计、加速国防工业综合体的中层整合、在世界武器市场中主动出击,基本上走出了制裁带来的危机,但未来发展受制于经济形势的影响,仍面临较大压力。