Indian Military Modernization and Conventional Deterrence in South Asia

In recent years, headline grabbing increases in the Indian defense budget have raised concerns that India’s on-going military modernization threatens to upset the delicate conventional military balance vis-à-vis Pakistan. Such an eventuality is taken as justification for Islamabad’s pursuit of tactical-nuclear weapons and other actions that have worrisome implications for strategic stability on the subcontinent. This article examines the prospects for Pakistan’s conventional deterrence in the near to medium term, and concludes that it is much better than the pessimists allege. A host of factors, including terrain, the favorable deployment of Pakistani forces, and a lack of strategic surprise in the most likely conflict scenarios, will mitigate whatever advantages India may be gaining through military modernization. Despite a growing technological edge in some areas, Indian policymakers cannot be confident that even a limited resort to military force would achieve a rapid result, which is an essential pre-condition for deterrence failure.     

弹道导弹自由段拦截窗口建模与仿真

为有效应对战术弹道导弹的威胁,必须提高拦截系统对目标的预警和探测能力。合适的拦截窗口对拦截效果将起到关键作用。根据拦截窗口的定义,给出了最早拦截点与最晚拦截点的确定方法;提出了通过弹道导弹的飞行弹道求解自由段拦截窗口的计算方法。并以弹道导弹为拦截目标进行了仿真分析。算例仿真说明,拦截弹的拦截低界以及弹道导弹的关机点速度是影响拦截窗口的主要因素。     

抗击军用无人机问题研究

由于军用无人机的突出优点及其在近期局部战争中的杰出表现,许多军事强国将无人机作为主要空袭平台而置于优先发展的地位,现代防空面临来自无人机的严峻挑战.在分析无人机特点及反无人机面临困难的基础上,提出了抗击无人机的主要战术技术措施.     

多属性决策(MADM)在防空C~3I系统效能评估中的应用研究

介绍了防空C3I系统效能的定义及效能评估的一般处理过程。通过专家群组决策确定效能指标体系 ,针对效能指标的多样性 ,提出了基于多属性决策 (MADM )的效能评估方法 ,并通过一个示例给出MADM方法的处理过程 ,有效地解决了防空C3I系统效能评估这一复杂而困难的问题。     

采用捷联惯性导航系统的战术导弹初始对准误差分离方法研究

捷联惯性导航系统的初始对准误差是战术地空导弹精度分配中的主要误差源之一 ,研究在外场条件下初始对准误差的快速分离方法对于提高导弹制导精度具有积极意义。     

从"误伤事件"原因分析,看战术数据链战略地位

以伊拉克战争为背景,介绍了美军及北约的战术数据链发展情况、技术概要,重点论述了不同时期的战术数据链在技术体制上的差异,以及由此可能导致互联、互通和互操作的分析.最后,结合我军的一些现状,在汲取外军教训的基础上,提出我军在战术数据链建设方面的一些建议.     

三道防线是防空领域的重大军事变革

当前国土防空和舰队防空中,面临的空袭特点是空袭体系从防区外和视线外对防空体系所保卫的地(水)面目标实施饱和攻击。为了对抗这样的空袭战术,防空体系必须从以投弹圈为唯一防线的作战模式中解放出来,向远程打击预警机,中程拦截空袭武器载机和近程防御空袭武器的三道防线转变。这一转变牵动了防空体系和防空导弹的发展方向,因此是防空领域的一次重大军事变革。     

国外雷达技术发展管窥

随着高新技术的迅猛发展,雷达技术有了较大的发展空间,雷达与反雷达的相对平衡状态不断被打破。介绍了国外多种高性能雷达技术发展及其性能特点,窥探发展中的防空雷达体制、参数选择和附加措施等,根据不同目标的空域特性,制定防空对策及电子防御措施,不断提高雷达的适应性、有效性和战场生存能力。     

使用目标状态估值器提高空对空射击性能

使用卡尔曼滤波器对机载火控雷达及其它传感器提供的数据进行处理,可以得到空对空射击火力控制需要的目标运动信息.通过动态数字仿真比较了前置计算光学瞄准和使用目标状态估值器两种空空射击的火控算法.在具备机载火控雷达的条件下,使用目标状态估值器能够提高空对空射击性能.     

TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN ITALY: Striking a Balance between Disarmament Aspirations and Alliance Obligations

Despite the fact that Italy hosts almost half of the remaining estimated 150–200 US tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) that are currently deployed in Europe, case studies of Italy have been largely neglected. The article seeks to fill that gap by outlining the key elements of Italy's position regarding the presence, role, and future of TNW in Italy. By considering both the military and political-symbolic dimensions of TNW, the author argues that Italy has largely embraced the process of the devaluation of nuclear weapons; however, this is offset by the country's determination to preserve the principles of solidarity and the indivisibility of Euro-Atlantic security. By making the alliance's cohesion a priority, Italy appears willing to postpone the complete elimination of TNW from its territory if necessary; despite this, Italy otherwise considers TNW to be not only weapons of little intrinsic value but also obstacles to the global nuclear disarmament program that it strongly supports.