scholarly journals Air defense planning for an area with the use of very short range air defense sets

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 129-151
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Pietkiewicz ◽  
Adam Kawalec ◽  
Bronisław Wajszczyk ◽  
Marcin Szugajew
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Short Range ◽  
Heuristic Method ◽  
Optimal Planning ◽  
Defense System ◽  
Air Defense ◽  
Defense Systems ◽  
And Control ◽  
Feasible Points ◽  
Command And Control System

This paper presents a heuristic method of planning the deployment of very short-range anti-air missile and artillery sets (VSHORAD) around an area ('protected area') in order to protect it. A function dependent on the distance between the earliest feasible points of destroying targets and the centre of the protected area was taken as an objective function. This is a different indicator from those commonly used in the literature, and based on the likelihood of a defense zone penetration by means of an air attack (MAA): the kill probability of the MAA and the probability of area losses. The model constraints resulted directly from the restrictions imposed by real air defense systems and the nature of the area being defended. This paper assumes that the VSHORAD system operates as a part of a general, superordinate air defense command and control system based on the idea of network-centric warfare, which provides the VSHORAD system with air intelligence, air defense plans, and combat mission specifications. The presented method has been implemented. The final part of the paper presents the computational results. Keywords: optimal planning, air defense system, area installation protection, deployment of very short range anti-air missile and artillery sets (VSHORAD)

scholarly journals The Development of Poland’s Air Defense System: The Operational Context

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Eugeniusz CIEŚLAK
Keyword(s):  
High Intensity ◽  
Short Range ◽  
Defense System ◽  
Missile Defense ◽  
Air Defense ◽  
Operational Capabilities ◽  
Medium Range ◽  
New Generation

The article discusses operational context for the development of Poland's air defense system. The assessment focuses on air defense operations in high intensity conflict. Recommendations include setting a realistic level of ambition in the field of air defense and increasing operational capabilities through modernization of its combat assets. The priority proposed for Poland’s air defense system is to introduce a new generation of short range surface to air missile systems and then to develop medium range air and missile defense capabilities.

scholarly journals METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ASSESSMENT OF COMBAT DAMAGE ELIMINATION EFFECTIVENESS AND RECOVERY OF OPERATIOANAL CAPABILITIES OF AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS MEANS OF COMBAT IN COUNTEROFFENSIVE OPERATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
P. Openko ◽  
O. Doska ◽  
A. Dudush ◽  
A. Kozyr
Keyword(s):  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Defense System ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Operational Conditions ◽  
Air Defense ◽  
Defense Systems ◽  
Methodical Approach ◽  
Combat Effectiveness ◽  
Operational Failures

The operational use of armament and military equipment (AME) and the resulting operational failures and combat damage lead to a decrease or loss of combat capability of groupings of troops. That is why the timely and high– quality implementation of a set of measures to keep the AME in operational conditions is connected with the need of solving the problem of logistical support for the timely elimination of failures and combat damage. At the same time, the effectiveness of the air defense systems recovery, taking into account the type of operation being conducted and the existing resource constraints requires a more detailed study. The aim of the article is to form a methodical approach to evaluate the effectiveness of repairing combat damage and restoring the combat effectiveness of air defense systems in a counteroffensive operation in modern conditions. Means of destruction that can be employed to inflict air defense systems in counteroffensive operation are considered. Modeling of the enemy’s use of different types of means of destruction was carried out, the obtained results substantiated the damage to the air defense systems’ means of combat, which can be sustained in a counteroffensive operation. In addition, the labor costs for recovery were calculated. Using the method of assessing the possibilities of combat damage eliminating and restoring the effectiveness of AME specimen, calculations of the recovery effectiveness of air defense system’s means of combat were performed. As indicators that characterize the capabilities of repair and restoration units to eliminate combat damage and restore the operational performance of AME, the average duration of AME specimen restoration and the probability of timely repairs, taking into account resource constraints are used. An analysis of the calculations results of the probability of timely recovery of air defense system was performed. The maximum values of labor costs for restoration and characteristics of repair and restoration units are given. The method of calculating the effectiveness of combat damage eliminating and restoring the combat effectiveness of air defense system in a counteroffensive operation under resource constraints was further developed.

scholarly journals Hypersonic Weapon as a New Challenge for the Anti-aircraft Defense Command and Control System

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-99
Author(s):  
Piotr Malinowski
Keyword(s):  
Command And Control ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Missile Defense ◽  
Air Defense ◽  
Level Of Automation ◽  
New Type ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Military ◽  
Command And Control System ◽  
Limited Scope

The intensification of the air threat resulting from the emergence of hypersonic weapons in the immediate vicinity of Poland has become a significant challenge for the Polish armed forces, including anti-aircraft defense. The capabilities of the new type of weapon determine not only the need to modernize and acquire systems designed to engage aerial targets, but also the command and control systems that control them. Due to the nature and the limited scope of the article, the deliberations presented in it are generalized results of a research on the scale of the threat posed by hypersonic weapons in the airspace and the need to modernize anti-aircraft defense command and control subsystems, which may be involved in combating them as part of the national air defense system. The presented conclusions also concern the problems of multiplying the current level of automation of the command and control  subsystem. This is related to the need for the effectiveness of the military decision-making process as well as uninterrupted and efficient cooperation with the national and allied elements of the air reconnaissance and air defense assets subsystems, including the components of missile defense, which is predestined to engage hypersonic weapons.   

Configuration of forces in the Black Sea after Russian annexation of Crimea

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-59
Author(s):  
Yе. Horiunova
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Air Defense ◽  
Defense Systems ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Almost All ◽  
And Control

The article analyzes the new configuration in the Black Sea after Russian annexation of Crimea. The Black Sea has an important role for Russia to promote its interests in the southern direction. Crimea in this strategy has the role of an important bridgehead. The peninsula has modern coastal and air defense systems that cover the skies over the Crimea and control the airspace of Eastern European countries. The deployment of nuclear weapons in Crimea threatens almost all of Europe. Russia uses factories of the occupied peninsula to build new ships for the Black Sea Fleet. Russia is using the energy factor in the region to attract NATO members to Bulgaria and Turkey. Bulgaria is taking a cautious ambivalent stance, while Turkey is playing its own game with Russia, raising its status in the region. Western analysts’ skepticism about the strategic importance of the Black Sea and the fragmentation of the region make it difficult to formulate a joint NATO strategy to counter Russia. Therefore, the main actions of the Alliance in the region remain the visits of warships, joint exercises and reconnaissance flights, the number of which in 2020 increased by 40%. But this is not enough to curb Russia’s aggressive policy. Therefore, NATO needs to increase its presence in the Black Sea by expanding the format of joint action and intensifying cooperation with partners Ukraine and Georgia. The normalization of US-Turkish relations should play a significant role in the security of the region. Tightening sanctions against the Kremlin and restricting energy cooperation should be an important tool to deter Russia from the collective West.

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