Concept for Simulating Engagement Strategies for C-RAM Systems using Laser Weapons

摘要

The threat imposed by rockets, artillery projectiles and mortar grenades (RAM) is a major hazard for military installations and objects, e.g. in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the problems that has to be solved is the assignment of weapons to targets (Weapon-Target Assignment Problem WTA). This is one of the classic problems in the field of Operations Research [1], which still is not solved optimally for all classes of problems. The paper presents a concept of a simulation software for analyzing potential threats and, if it is possible to fight them, for determining the engagement strategy using resource allocation algorithms. Due to their increasing power, lasers are becoming more interesting for military applications. Thus, the simulation is adapted for the use of laser weapons to engage against the RAM threats.