防空导弹作战复杂电磁环境威胁势研究

为了分析和把握防空导弹作战面临的复杂电磁环境(CEME)态势,分析并建立了防空导弹作战CEME威胁模型;提出了防空导弹作战CEME威胁势概念,从态和势两方面深入分析了防空导弹作战CEME威胁势内涵,建立了防空导弹作战CEME威胁势函数模型;提出了基于集对分析(SPA)的防空导弹作战CEME威胁势评估新方法。论文研究对防空导弹作战电磁态势评估和电子对抗进程推演具有非常重要的理论指导意义和军事应用价值。     

舰艇编队信息作战视图描述

舰艇编队信息作战视图是该系统体系结构设计的重要组成部分。通过对舰艇编队信息作战任务的需求分析,提出了该作战系统的整体构想,采用基于UML的设计方法,完成舰艇编队作战使命所需完成的任务和行动、作战节点描述,并给出了作战视图的模型产品,为进一步描述整个舰艇编队信息作战系统的体系结构奠定基础。     

侦察无人机作战效能评估准则研究*

在对有人驾驶飞机作战效能评估方法的分析研究基础上,提出了完整的侦察无人机作战效能评估指标体系。建立了作战效能的评估准则与数学模型,并对影响侦察效能的参数进行了分析。运用该方法对“全球鹰”和“捕食者”两种无人机的侦察效能指数进行了定量评估,结果验证了该评估准则的可用性。     

防空兵侦察力量机动部署方案优选与评估

针对防空兵侦察力量机动部署问题,分析并生成了机动部署方案,运用模糊灰色关联分析法选出其中的最优方案。通过实例计算得出了信息化条件下,防空兵侦察力量进行机动部署可有效提高其作战效能的科学结论,并验证了算法的有效性。     

Why they fight? Reconsidering the role of motivation in combat environments

The current combat motivation model based on primary group thesis assumes that the main force behind motivation is peer-bonding or otherwise known as unit cohesion. Cohesion is perceived as an all-encompassing factor that leads to satisfactory (or unsatisfactory in lack thereof) military effectiveness and performance in conflict environments. However, the article identifies three main problems with this perspective: 1. mono-dimensional view of motivation; 2. motivation based on heteronomy, and 3. self-reporting bias. The current model does not consider motivation as a separate entity from cohesion; it does not place motivation as fundamental human value; lastly, it takes motivation as granted by-product of socialization. The article proposes a new combat motivation model based on The Self-Determination Theory. The theory maintains that human motivation requires satisfaction of three psychological needs of competence, relatedness, and autonomy. The degree of satisfaction of those three needs leads to different types of regulated motivations – a continuum from intrinsic to extrinsic – each of which has specifiable consequences for learning, performance, and well-being of an individual.     

Cyber-weapons in nuclear counter-proliferation

ABSTRACT

Under what conditions are cyber-weapons effective in nuclear counter-proliferation? With continued interest in nuclear proliferation professed by Iran, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia, a discussion of the effectiveness of counter-proliferation measures remains relevant. Cyber-attacks as military option in a state-on-state conflict still requires additional corroborating evidence to make conclusions about its long-term effectiveness. This work analyses the general applicability of cyber-weapons and their usefulness in nuclear counter-proliferation. Through a comparative case study of Operation Orchard, Stuxnet, and recent “Left-of-Launch” operations against North Korea, the essay finds that cyber-operations are not particularly effective against nuclear programmes that are in the later stages of their development. They can disrupt and delay a nuclear programme temporarily, if the attack remains clandestine, but cannot halt nuclear proliferation all together. However, effectiveness increases if they are used in combination with conventional weapons. The article addresses a topic of interest to national-level decision-makers: whether cyber-operations can and should play a role in nuclear counter-proliferation.