一种小型的高压毫微秒脉冲发生器及其应用

本文讨论了一种小型的高压毫微秒脉冲装置。该装置可以产生幅值120kV,上升前沿陡度大于5kV/ns、脉宽100ns 的高压脉冲,并已被用作REB 加速器的触发源、高压EMP 模拟器的脉冲源和研究介质击穿特性的能源。     

How long until midnight? Intelligence-policy relations and the United States response to the Israeli nuclear program, 1959–1985

Why did the United States fail to stop Israeli acquisition of nuclear weapons? Existing research argues that patrons such as the U.S. should have an easy time halting proliferation by militarily and economically vulnerable clients. Nevertheless, Israel acquired nuclear weapons with relatively little American opposition. Utilizing extensive primary source research, we argue that problematic intelligence-policy relations hindered U.S. efforts to arrest Israeli proliferation as (1) policymakers often gave mixed guidance to the intelligence community, resulting in (2) limited information on Israeli efforts that reinforced policy ambiguity. The results carry implications for understanding the dynamics of nuclear proliferation and intelligence-policy relations.     

载频带宽同步倍频的高频大带宽线性调频信号光产生方法

针对高载频、大带宽线性调频信号产生需求,提出一种基于级联马赫-曾德尔调制器(Mach-Zehnder Modulator, MZM)的载频带宽同步倍频的高载频、大带宽线性调频信号光产生方法。理论分析表明,通过合理设置级联MZM的直流偏置点和线性调频信号幅度等参数,可产生载频和带宽同步倍频且倍频系数可调的线性调频信号。在此基础上利用光学系统软件进行相应的仿真验证,利用载频和带宽分别为5 GHz和2 GHz的线性调频信号产生了载频和带宽分别为40 GHz、15.07 GHz和58.25 GHz、19.5 GHz的线性调频信号。仿真结果验证了该方法的可行性,也验证了产生的信号具有较好的压缩性。     

近地卫星Ka频段数传链路抗雨衰自适应模式设计

针对近地卫星数传时的信道时变性和严重的Ka频段雨衰现象,采用自适应编码调制(Adaptive Coding and Modulation, ACM)技术能够充分利用链路资源,相对于传统的固定编码调制方式,进一步提高链路的数据吞吐量。提出近地卫星Ka频段数传链路ACM模式设计方法,在降雨环境下建立Ka频段数传链路模型,根据链路预算的信道状况确定ACM选用模式;采用基于导频符号的最大似然信噪比估计算法结合移动平均的平滑方法实现信道估计,有效地减小了估计值的波动。仿真结果表明,无论晴天还是雨天,采用提出的卫星数传链路ACM模式设计方法,能够在保证系统可靠性的同时获取较高的数据吞吐量。     

Vicarious warfare: The counterproductive consequences of modern American military practice

This article examines contemporary modes of American warfare. It posits the concept of “vicarious warfare” as a means of capturing prominent patterns in warfighting approaches. Although rooted in long-standing traditions of military practice, vicarious warfare is sufficiently novel as to be identifiable as a distinct phenomenon. The precise manifestation or combination of vicarious methods vary according to the specific circumstances and political contexts prevailing in different theaters. However, America’s general preference is to fight its wars by delegating tasks to proxies and limiting exposure of its own military to danger. Where U.S. forces are employed directly, this takes place largely in the shadows. Such approaches have clear attractions, offer undoubted tactical advantages, and permit successive administrations to maintain a persistent tempo of operations that evades rigorous democratic scrutiny. Yet, prominent cases and numerous studies suggest that vicarious warfare has a high potential to generate counterproductive effects and significant strategic harm.     

采用正交分集的灵巧噪声干扰对抗方法

针对数字射频存储干扰机多通道宽带转发模式下的灵巧噪声干扰,提出了基于混沌调制信号、多谐波相位调制线性调频信号的正交分集抗干扰方法。混沌调制信号与多谐波相位调制线性调频信号具有"图钉"形模糊函数,除了具有良好的距离、多普勒分辨力,还对回波频率敏感,通过正交分集设计,能够更好地适应宽带转发灵巧噪声干扰。通过计算机仿真对新方法的抗干扰性能进行了分析和验证,结果表明:在多通道宽带转发灵巧噪声干扰环境下,新方法的抗干扰改善因子能够达到10 d B以上,抗干扰性能明显优于传统的频率捷变、斜率捷变方法。     

二次流引射对保形非对称喷管性能的影响

发动机与飞机后体结构设计合理与否直接影响发动机的部件匹配和性能。利用三维雷诺平均N-S方程和k-ωSST湍流模型对飞翼布局无人机保形非对称喷管在典型飞行状态下开展了内外流流场特性的数值分析,获得了后体尾喷管推力性能和三维流动特征随二次流压力比的变化趋势。结果表明:发动机喷管落压比条件一定的前提下,通过合理优化二次流通道、增大二次流压力比,可以有效改善后体/喷管主流流场特性;当二次流与主流的流量比在0. 2%～1. 86%内时,后体尾喷管轴向推力系数的变化幅度大约为3%,在一定程度上能够减弱发动机主流的过膨胀程度,减小发动机推力损失,无人机后体尾喷管性能得到显著提高。     

机载MIMO雷达稳健非均匀样本选择方法

针对杂波训练样本中混入干扰目标,导致空时自适应处理技术的杂波抑制性能下降问题,提出一种基于目标知识进行局部稀疏恢复的稳健训练样本挑选方法。该方法利用先验知识确定待检测单元中的目标区域,对整个角度-多普勒平面进行遍历,获得稀疏超完备基。通过变换矩阵对超完备基中对应的目标区域进行"挖空"处理,局部稀疏恢复出超分辨的杂波空时谱,获得杂波协方差矩阵估计。结合广义内积算法,实现非均匀训练样本挑选的过程。与常规结合广义内积方法相比,该方法对于不同干扰强度的训练样本,均有良好的检测效果。经仿真验证,所提方法的检验统计量之间区分度更加明显,对于干扰样本的挑选更加彻底,从而有效地提高了空时自适应处理技术的目标检测性能。     

Tripwires and free-riders: Do forward-deployed U.S. troops reduce the willingness of host-country citizens to fight for their country?

This article investigates the relationship between U.S. overseas troops and the willingness of the citizens of host states to fight for their country. The study joins the long-running debate about burden-sharing and free-riding among U.S. allies. Unlike most previous empirical studies, we focus on non-material or intangible measures of the underlying concepts. Our dependent variable estimates the proportion of citizens expressing a willingness to fight for their country. Scores at the aggregate-national as well as the individual level are shaped by the presence of U.S. military forces, which act as a “tripwire” signaling credible security commitments. This increases opportunities of (non-material) free-riding. We present both bivariate and multivariate analyses covering the period 1981–2014 to test this supposition. Findings indicate that once U.S. troop levels reach a certain threshold (between 100 and 500 troops), citizens’ willingness to fight drops significantly. This likely reflects non-material free-riding.     

利用RLC电路合成高压方波脉冲

基于过阻尼RLC电路分时放电,提出了一种新型高压方波脉冲产生方法。理论分析表明过阻尼RLC电路产生的双指数电压波与PFL产生的方形电压波具有类似的上升沿和平顶。电路模拟表明通过人工过零技术可以对双指数电压波进行截尾,从而形成完整的高压方波脉冲。建立了原理验证性样机,由两组RLC电路构成,每组电路包含一台400 nF脉冲电容器和一只三电极场畸变气体开关,两组电路共用一个上升沿调节电感。实验证明样机可以在250 Ω电阻负载上输出幅值17 kV,平顶宽度330 ns~5.8 μs,上升沿100~ 350 ns 的单极性高压方波脉冲。该方法适应性强,对负载变化不敏感,同时具有良好的可调节性,方波上升沿、平顶宽度连续独立可调。