Drone Strikes and Grand Strategy: Toward a Political Understanding of the Uses of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Attacks in US Security Policy

This article analyzes the political utility of US drone strikes theoretically and deductively. Placing strikes within the context of the theorized political functions of force and considering how they fit into two grand strategies, restraint and selective engagement, I argue that these strikes buy the United States relatively little in the way of political effects assuring its own security because the terrorism threat they are intended to combat is a limited one within the skein of US global interests. Furthermore, their contribution to counter-terrorism efforts is likely to diminish with the adoption of armed drones by non-state actors. Drone strikes can, however, provide leverage over recalcitrant US client states while reassuring liberal partners and giving them some leverage over US choices. In addition, within the counter-terrorism sphere, drone strikes are less likely to inflame popular opinion than are alternative uses of force. This analysis contributes to an increasingly rigorous examination of the strikes’ role in US foreign and security policy.     

重力梯度对超大柔性空间结构在轨动力学特性的影响

空间太阳能电站是一种具有超大和高柔性特征的空间结构,这种空间结构在尺寸上远超以往的航天器,给轨道动力学特性的研究带来了新现象与新问题。以千米量级的哑铃模型为研究对象,考虑重力梯度影响,建立了Hamilton体系下的在轨动力学模型,利用辛龙格库塔法得到了不同参数取值下的动力学响应。通过对比仿真结果,得到了结构尺寸与重力梯度对轨道运动、姿态运动影响的定量关系。仿真结果表明,重力梯度引起了姿态-柔性振动耦合现象,姿态运动影响了结构振动曲线外部包络线样式,而柔性振动改变了姿态运动周期。     

射频隐身反隐身E&V系统的设计与实现

针对战机射频隐身性能很难评估的现实问题,提出一种射频隐身反隐身实验与验证半实物仿真系统的设计与实现方法。该系统不仅能对战机的射频隐身性能进行验证,同时还可以对飞机的隐身波形、辐射策略等设计提供理论依据和实验支撑。在分析辐射信号模型以及截获模型的基础上,详细介绍了该系统的各功能组成和结构框图。该系统可以开展对于射频隐身的作战需求、管控模型、使用准则等方面的定量研究,对于提高战机的生存能力、突防能力和作战能力具有重要的意义。     

“萨德”入韩引发的地缘政治危机及中国的对策

2016年年初以来,朝鲜先后进行了第四次、第五次核试验,在此背景下,韩国国防部宣布,韩美同意在韩国部署末段高空区域防御系统——"萨德"导弹防御系统,朝鲜半岛地区风云再起。美韩此举使原本不安的东北亚局势更加紧张,诱发并恶化着东北亚地区大国家间潜存的"安全困境"。韩国决定部署"萨德"不仅严重僵化了中韩的国际关系,使得原本对峙局面下的朝韩两国局势更加紧张,更破坏了东北亚军事战略均衡,地区"新冷战"格局逐步形成。     

Expansion of Chinese maritime power in the Indian Ocean: implications for India

This paper examines the ongoing expansion of China’s maritime power in the Indian Ocean region and analyses its potential impact on the extant balance of Sino-Indian maritime power in the region. It posits that the expanding Chinese maritime power in the Indian Ocean could seriously challenge India’s geostrategic advantage in the near future and that India can no longer take for granted its strategic location at the centre of the Indian Ocean nor the strength of its historical ties with the various regional states. It further argues that the current Indian maritime strategy for the Indian Ocean region, to be the “net security provider” for the entire region, is unsustainable and thus needs to be reviewed and rebuilt leveraging the geographic advantage enjoyed by India over China in the Indian Ocean.     

Perspectives for the development of key industrial capabilities for Canada’s defence sector

With the Canada First Defence Strategy, Canada has put forth a major opportunity to reconcile national security imperatives and industrial policy. The Jenkins Report (2013) set out to examine ways to use that procurement effort to foster key industrial capabilities (KICs) that would put the Canadian defence industry at an advantage both nationally and internationally. The Canadian defence industry should then develop highly focused capabilities with a view to moving up global value chains. As such, KICs that hold the best potential should be selected. They should be sustained through a range of strategies that are however contingent on the elimination of policy gaps. This leads to a balancing act between the need to control intellectual property assets versus accessing them in a world where national boundaries are eroded. Canada’s industry should target opportunities outside North America while continuing to focus on better integration with the North American industry.     

近地快速交会调相策略设计与任务分析

基于我国2天交会对接方案,通过合理减少定轨、变轨参数计算与指令上传及不可测控区域占用的飞行圈次,建立了5圈快速交会对接的调相变轨方案,采用四脉冲修正特殊点变轨算法进行求解。给出了满足调相段终端控制精度所需要的定轨精度,分析了追踪航天器入轨精度、追踪航天器入轨远地点高度、目标轨道高度、调相段终端瞄准点等参数对最优初始相位角范围的影响规律。简要分析了为获得需要的初始相位角,目标航天器的调相策略及追踪航天器可能的发射机会。     

基于中间表示规则替换的二进制翻译中间代码优化方法

动态二进制翻译在实现多源到多目标的程序翻译过程中,为屏蔽不同源平台间的硬件差异引入中间代码,采用内存虚拟策略进行实现,但同时带来中间代码膨胀问题。传统的中间代码优化方法主要采用对冗余指令进行匹配删除的方法。将优化重点聚焦在针对特殊指令匹配的中间表示规则替换上,提出了一种基于中间表示规则替换的二进制翻译中间代码优化方法。该方法针对中间代码膨胀所呈现的几种典型情景,描述了中间表示替换规则,并将以往应用在后端代码优化上的寄存器直接映射策略应用在此处。通过建立映射公式,实现了将原来的内存虚拟操作替换为本地寄存器操作,从而降低了中间代码膨胀率。使用SPEC CPU2006测试集进行了实验,验证了此优化方法的正确性和有效性。测试用例在优化前和优化后的执行结果一致,验证了优化方法的正确性;优化后测试用例的中间代码平均缩减率达到32.59%,验证了优化方法的有效性。     

浅析当前美国国防预算改革

美国是世界军费最高的国家,其国防预算的庞大规模导致管理过程异常复杂.这种复杂性也带来了种种问题,并催生了改革的需求.但由于国内外种种因素的制约,美国的国防预算改革进展缓慢.在美国预算赤字日益严重和外交政策愈来愈依赖军事力量的情况下,美国的国防预算改革迫在眉睫.本文系统梳理了美国国防预算制定与实施中的问题,包括资源与战略...     

案例智能维修训练系统的设计与实现

基于案例的智能维修训练系统将智能教学系统与CBR技术结合起来应用在故障维修领域。在智能教学理论与CBR技术的支持下,围绕案例阐述了智能维修训练系统的设计和实现。给出了系统的通用体系结构;采用框架法实现知识库的设计;分析学生模型的构成并给出学生知识水平和学习能力的评估方法;针对训练策略给出其控制流程及其实现过程。这种基于案例的智能维修训练系统能有效地应用于装备的实际维修训练中。