Building the sinews of power: India in the Second World War

ABSTRACT

This article analyses the military transformations that India underwent during the Second World War. It focuses on the institutional dimension of these changes and considers the longer-term changes wrought by the war in the composition of the army, the logistical and support infrastructure and the emergence of an indigenous military industrial base. Taken together, the article argues, these changes positioned India as a potential regional military power that was qualitatively different from the interwar period.     

目标信息的时效性分析

战场态势是随时间不断变化的,描述战场实体状态的目标信息有其寿命周期,须及时生成并提供给使用者.提出信息价值和信息时效性的概念来衡量指挥自动化系统提供的目标信息是否满足作战行动对时间的要求.信息价值因为延时而衰减,从而降低使用信息所能达到的效果.通过分析信息延时对决策质量、毁伤概率的影响,分别讨论了信息用于决策和作战的时效性.     

战场损伤快速评估系统数据库研究

从装备战场损伤快速评估需求出发 ,探讨了通用战场损伤快速评估系统的功能及其构成 ,并重点对其中数据库系统的设计与开发进行了详细讨论 ,在此基础上开发了通用装备战场损伤快速评估数据库系统     

电磁脉冲炸弹威胁下的舰艇生命力模型

电磁脉冲炸弹对舰艇产生严重威胁。通过分析电磁脉冲炸弹特殊的杀伤效应,根据电磁脉冲炸弹的杀伤特点和载体的落点分布建立了电磁脉冲炸弹对舰艇打击的易感性模型,根据舰艇对电磁防护的特点确定了易损性模型,从而推导出舰艇在电磁脉冲炸弹打击下的生命力评估模型。通过模型可以看出,舰艇在电磁脉冲炸弹打击下的生命力与电磁脉冲炸弹自身的性能、载体的打击精度、到达目标的功率密度、脉冲对目标的覆盖面积及舰艇自身的防护措施有关。     

从三次战役看《孙子兵法》在《三国演义》中的体现

《三国演义》是中国古代军事战争小说的经典之作,它深受《孙子兵法》的影响。文章以赤壁之战、智取荆州、彝陵之战为窗口,以期窥探《三国演义》中所体现的《孙子兵法》的军事思想。     

Population transfers in counter-insurgency: a recipe for success?

Since control over the population constitutes the most crucial determinant for victory in irregular warfare, how should a state authority isolate the insurgents (the “fish” in Maoist terms) from the population (the “sea” in which the “fish” thrive)? Should a state authority simply drain the “sea” by diverting its “water” elsewhere? Does the forcible transfer of the local people who support an insurgency truly work? This article studies how the royalist regime of Greece forcibly transferred thousands of villagers (over 10% of the total population) to counter the communist insurgency during the Greek Civil War (1946–1949) and shows whether and how these deportations could be crowned with success.     

Historical and Political Background to the Erosion of the Rule of Law and Human Rights During Sri Lanka’s Civil War and the Way Forward

The Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009) is regarded as a violent reflection of deepening divides along political and ethnic lines. During this civil war the Sri Lankan Government and its security forces have been implicated in unlawful killings carried out in a pervasive manner against civilians, whilst at the same time specifically targeting ethnic Tamils, humanitarian workers and journalists. The human rights of all citizens suffered as a result and ultimately led to the weakening of the rule of law. With the end of the civil war, the Sri Lankan Government has made little progress in providing accountability for wartime abuses. Its absence of and reluctance to ensure justice is seen as a logical culmination of decades of impunity. The importance of acknowledging historical behaviour and taking accountability for past violations will be discussed. In an analysis for paving the way to a new democracy in Sri Lanka, the main outcomes of this article are calls for accountability arising out of the government’s actions during the war; an investigation into the present state of human rights, the rule of law and finally; an examination into the political solution going forward to ensure a process of reconciliation and peaceful co-existence.     

舰炮目标毁伤判定与毁伤效果仿真研究

舰炮对目标毁伤的判定与毁伤效果仿真是舰载作战系统仿真训练的重要组成部分,作为连接舰炮射击与目标毁伤的中间环节,它实现了对目标毁伤状态的判定,以及目标毁伤效果的仿真反馈,从而仿真训练系统中其他仿真成员,以及各型侦察模拟设备可以发现并判定目标毁伤状态,为作战指挥人员进行作战指挥决策提供目标毁伤信息,为参训职手提供更为实战化的仿真训练环境。在简述舰载作战系统仿真训练系统的基础上,重点探讨了基于毁伤概率表和弹目交会的舰炮毁伤判定方法,并简述了目标毁伤效果仿真方法。     

一种精确打击下桥梁毁伤视景仿真系统设计实现

目前,在桥梁毁伤仿真领域采用的数值仿真方法虽具有精确性高的优点,但是仿真过程不直观、形象,整体性不强。采用视景仿真技术进行精确打击下桥梁毁伤仿真,在保证精确性要求的基础上,利用Unity3D软件以三维画面的形式进行展示,仿真过程形象、直观、明了。给出的精确打击下桥梁毁伤视景仿真系统的设计方法,能够满足真实性和实时性的要求,利用Unity3D自带的物理引擎完成了桥梁模型的物理特性建模和爆炸仿真分析,通过全过程仿真,能够分析得出相应的毁伤结论,达到了预期效果。     

Defensive weapons and star wars: a supergame with optimal punishments

We model the perspective faced by nuclear powers involved in a supergame where nuclear deterrence is used to stabilise peace. This setting allows us to investigate the bearings of defensive weapons on the effectiveness of deterrence and peace stability, relying on one-shot optimal punishments. We find that the sustainability of peace is unaffected by defensive shields if the latter are symmetric across countries, while asymmetric endowments of such weapons have clear-cut destabilising consequences.