Combating nuclear smuggling? Exploring drivers and challenges to detecting nuclear and radiological materials at maritime facilities

International concern over nuclear terrorism has grown during the past few decades. This has driven a broad spectrum of efforts to strengthen nuclear security globally, including the widespread adoption of radiation-detection technology for border monitoring. Detection systems are now deployed at strategic locations for the purported purpose of detecting and deterring the smuggling of nuclear and radioactive materials. However, despite considerable investment in this area, few studies have examined how these programs are implemented or the operational challenges they face on a day-to-day basis. This article seeks to address this with a focus on radiation-detection efforts at maritime facilities. Utilizing practitioner interviews and a survey, this article identifies the factors that influence the planning and use of these systems in this fast-moving environment. The results clearly demonstrate that the implementation of these systems varies significantly across different national and organizational contexts, resulting in a fragmented global nuclear-detection architecture, which arguably undermines efforts to detect trafficked nuclear-threat materials. Greater consideration should therefore be given to developing international standards and guidance, designing and adopting tools to support key parts of the alarm assessment process, and broader sharing of good practice.     

防空导弹主动雷达导引头地/海杂波功率谱计算

中/远程防空导弹通常采用复合制导体制,并采用高抛弹道技术来增大射程。这样,在中末制导交班阶段或末制导阶段,主动雷达导引头需要在地/海杂波背景下截获和跟踪目标。介绍了一种计算主动导引头地/海杂波功率谱的方法,根据杂波功率谱的估算结果,可以确定导引头的杂波下可见度(SCV)指标或设立导引头跟踪的频率禁区。     

装备物资供应链构建初探

从供应链及供应链管理理论的思想角度出发 ,构建了装备物资供应链的结构模型 ,分析了其所具有的一些基本特征 ,为装备物资供应的胜利实施提供了一个新的思考方向     

一种大功率开关电源的设计及效能分析

在实验研究的基础上 ,提出一种采用IGBT器件的高效大功率开关电源的设计方法 ,着重分析了系统主回路中影响效率的各主要因素以及应采取的对策 ,实验证明可使效率达 90 %以上。     

Choosing the Right Sidekick: Economic Complements to US Military Grand Strategies

ABSTRACT

Scholars and practitioners of grand strategy agree that the use of military force should be supplemented by appropriate economic policies. However, strangely few accounts of economic complements to military grand strategies have been presented in recent discourse on US grand strategy. This paper takes a first step to fill this information gap. I first assess the role that could be played by economic measures under two types of grand strategies – one focusing on the balance of power and the other emphasising influence and order. Second, I introduce what I call ‘the influence-capability dilemma’ and discuss tradeoffs in adopting certain economic policies in order to help the US sustain pre-eminence in the international system. Third, I discuss how the US should address this dilemma of economic means in dealing with the rising China.     

停产雷达装备维修器材持续保障风险评估方法

针对停产雷达装备维修器材持续保障过程中存在的筹措断供问题,提出基于改进风险矩阵法和层次分析法相结合的风险评估方法。首先建立保障风险评估指标体系,然后采用改进的风险矩阵进行风险评估,利用采用层次分析法解决存在递归层次时风险因素的评估问题,最后得出装备器材持续保障风险的综合量化值,为提出保障风险规避策略提供数据依据。利用某型雷达器材保障风险评估案例进行数据分析,验证了该方法的有效性。     

高层建筑消防给水系统设计

结合工程设计实践,以性能化设计为指引,按照经济合理、安全可靠的原则,从室外消火栓数量的确定、水泵接合器数量的确定、消防水池容积的确定、消防给水系统形式的选择几个方面探讨了消防给水系统的设计,以求更新设计理念,提高设计效益。     

基于失供概率的弹药储备构成分析

弹药储备与失供问题是战时弹药供应决策的核心问题之一。以师规模的野战阵地防御战为例,运用弹药消耗模式仿真模型进行弹药储备量与失供概率关系定量分析,为合理确定弹药储备构成提供科学的辅助决策手段。     

战区弹药保障敏捷供应链优化模型及实现算法

针对现有的供需矛盾,在分析战区弹药保障供应链管理任务需求的基础上,初步构建了战区弹药保障敏捷供应链管理框架及运行机制,分析了战区弹药保障敏捷供应链的供需协同机制,重点对多级库存优化控制模型、多级弹药配送决策优化模型及实现算法进行了研究,提出了战区弹药保障敏捷供应链建设的具体对策。     

高层建筑消防给水系统存在问题探讨

高层建筑高度高、结构复杂、火灾蔓延途径多、人员疏散困难,发生火灾后如控制不及时,后果不堪设想。因此,对高层建筑防火设计的要求越来越严格,而消防给水则是最重要的一个部分。对高层建筑消防给水系统形式、室内外消火栓、水泵接合器的设置等几个方面问题进行了研究,希望能为从事此方面工作的人员提供借鉴。