Introduction

摘要

This year's conference, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, was the thirteenth time this conference was held. Conducted over two days, it offered a full complement of papers pertinent to Infrared and Electro-Optical Countermeasures, Threat Detection and Warning, Lasers and Sources for IRCM/EOCM, Pointing and Beam Control, Threats and Threat Characteristics, and Laser and Atmospheric Effects. As in past conferences, we conducted our panel discussion debating the topic of, "Factors that Affect Installed IRCM System Performance." This discussion, which has been ongoing past several years, is very popular and always leads to some exceptionally interesting discussion and debate. It was also used as a precursor to a new session that will be commenced next year dealing specifically with external events that have a direct impact on IRCM/EOCM system performance once it is installed and operating on a platform.