Hybrid warfare through the lens of strategic theory

Hybrid warfare is the latest of the terms/concepts that have been used within the defence community in the last three decades to label contemporary warfare. It has been officially adopted in the core strategic documents of NATO, EU and national governments and has already inspired many articles, policy papers and books; however, this paper is unique in the sense that it analysis the hybrid warfare concept through the lens of strategic theory. It is argued that hybrid warfare does not merit the adoption as a doctrinal concept. Strategic theory instead, which lies at the nexus of all dimensions of warfare, provides a better viewpoint to approach contemporary warfare. It concludes that efforts should be directed towards exploring warfare under the light of eternal principles instead of proving the emergence of new types of warfare.     

The rise and fall of counterproliferation policy

The US government initiated a Defense Counterproliferation Initiative to address the concern that, in the post-Cold War years, the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons would be widespread and create a significant challenge to the US military’s combat operations. In particular, non-nuclear states might use chemical or biological warfare agents against US forces with the belief that nuclear weapons would not be used against them in retaliation. Following the events of September 11, 2001, defense strategy and policy shifted to a wider view of the threat of adversarial use of “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD) and the term “counterproliferation” was replaced by “combating” or “countering WMD.” Over time, the Defense Department increasingly moved away from counterproliferation principles with the detrimental effect of losing capabilities that US forces still need for contemporary adversaries. This shift has been aggravated by other US government agencies’ use of “counterproliferation” in lieu of what would have been termed “nonproliferation” activities in the 1990s. The loss of clarity within the US government on these terms has led to the inability to focus the “whole of government” on this significant national security challenge. To alleviate this challenge, the US government needs a top-down initiative to refocus policy on the distinctly different aspects of WMD with respect to military combat operations, combating terrorism, and homeland security.     

陆军武器装备建设智能化转型思考

智能化战争形态加速演变,为新时代陆军装备建设带来严峻挑战。必须充分认清陆军武器装备建设智能化转型形势任务,正确把握智能化陆战的基本内涵、典型特性和能力要求等需求牵引,科学确立陆军武器装备体系智能化转型总体思路和发展目标,加快推进陆军武器装备体系智能化建设发展,为新型陆军“迈向智能”奠定基础。     

世界一流航天发射中心发展对策探究

“发展航天事业,建设航天强国是我们不懈追求的航天梦” ,建设实力雄厚、现代化、技术一流的航天发射中心,不断推进航天强国战略发展步伐。本文辨析了世界一流航天发射中心的概念和所具备的特征,并从先天优势、发展实力、组织管理等方面分析了航天发射中心发展的内在要求,提出了现役航天发射中心转型发展对策,为航天强国建设提供理论支撑。     

面向一体化侦察情报系统开发的仿真支持集成框架

一体化侦察情报系统开发是一项的复杂系统工程,开发费用和周期不断加大。仿真技术能有效提高侦察情报系统开发水平,缩短系统开发周期,减少系统开发的风险。提出了一体化侦察情报系统开发的仿真支持集成框架,分析了仿真支持集成框架的含义和特征,确定了仿真支持集成框架的结构和组成,建立了框架的运作体系结构、系统体系结构和技术体系结构。一体化侦察情报系统开发的仿真支持集成框架可以支持各开发阶段仿真资源和成果的共享和重用,促进各阶段仿真信息、过程和应用的全面有效集成,提高我军侦察情报系统开发的仿真应用水平和开发效益。     

基于模糊多目标对策的雷达反干扰策略优化

考虑到单部雷达反干扰效能评估指标多样化、模糊且存在不同权重的情况,在对策论基础上提出了一种雷达反干扰策略优化模型,并在考虑局中人偏好情况下,设计了一种模糊多目标对策最优混合策略求解算法,为找出较优化的雷达反干扰策略以及为战场决策提供参考。     

新型光电装备免费及按比例组合保修策略

通过对新型光电装备故障规律和实际保修的需求分析,在原有规定保证期内免费保修策略基础上进行优化,提出免费及按比例保修组合策略概念,建立该策略对应的费用模型及可用度模型,得到费效比函数。同时通过对某新型光电装备保证期内维修保障工作应用组合保修策略开展实例建模,得到最优策略并分析证明提出该组合策略的实用性和可行性。     

AHP和三角白化权函数的武器装备研制技术风险评估

提出了武器装备技术风险的评价体系,采用层次分析法给出了各指标对技术风险的权重;阐述了基于三角白化权函数的灰色理论,建立了武器装备研制项目技术风险的评估模型,详细给出了技术风险评估的过程和步骤。最后,结合一个航空项目实例说明了该方法的适用性和有效性。     

基于变结构的应急航材调度策略

针对应急航材需求的随机性提出了变结构应急航材配送网络的概念,立足于物流运输车辆的优化调度,将现代优化算法引入应急航材的调度中,通过仿真算例的验证可以得出调运路径长度及应急航材需求量与调运时间成正比。     

集对分析和LS-SVM相结合的装备研制风险综合评价法

为有效降低或规避武器装备研制风险,确保装备研制项目的顺利推进,提出一种基于集对分析理论与最小二乘支持向量机方法的装备研制风险综合评价方法。根据武器装备研制特点,建立装备研制风险评价指标体系。在此基础上,引入集对分析理论中的联系度和集对概念构建训练样本和测试样本。利用样本对最小二乘支持向量机进行训练测试,得到装备研制风险的评价模型,并给出评价结果。案例分析表明,所提方法过程简便,定性定量结合,形式易于理解,评价结果也更加贴近实际,对于提升装备研制项目风险管理和决策水平,具有重要的实际意义。