Hard and Deeply Buried Target Defeat Capability Analysis of Alternatives Lethality Approach.

摘要

The Hard and Deeply Buried Target Defeat Capability (HDBTDC) Analysis of Alternatives (AOA) was a tri-service effort led by the Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) and Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) to determine the best weapon system solution for the defeat of hard and deeply buried targets. This paper describes the methodology and approach used for the lethality analysis portion of the HDBTDC AOA. The HDBTDC AOA was performed in three steps. Under Step 1, measures of performance and measures of effectiveness were defined. In addition, representative hard targets were chosen for the template target set and defeat mechanisms were defined for each template target. In Step 2, a screening analysis was completed using simplified algorithms to analyze the effectiveness of the conceptual weapon systems against the template target set. The weapon system concepts were compared within categories to select the most promising candidates for additional analysis. Based on this comparison, generic weapons were designed to improve performance in each category. In Step 3 a detailed analysis was completed in which the best systems in each category from Step 2 and the generic weapon concepts were evaluated in more detail using the Modular Effectiveness and Vulnerability Assessment (MEVA) code.