Accession Number:

ADA280042

Title:

An Anti-Air Warfare Study for a Small Size Navy

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Poulos, Andrianos M.

Report Date:

1994-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

87.0

Abstract:

This thesis is a study of the defensive power of a medium size Naval force subject to air-to-surface missile attack. It evaluates the attrition to an escorted amphibious force and its escorts under different tactical situations for a variety of defense parameters. Using attrition as the measure of effectiveness, it draws conclusions useful to a small Navy regarding its anti- air warfare AAW defenses. The study models the force-on-force process of aircraft versus warships in discrete time steps, or salvos. The degradation of the force is expressed in number of ships. This study extends and deepens work by W. Hughes and Lt. E. Hatzopoulos H.N, incorporating new features to analyze AAW principles and concepts. Air defense, Anti-air warfare.

Descriptors:

• *AIR DEFENSE
• *COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS
• *AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS
• *ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSE SYSTEMS
• *ATTRITION
• *AIR TO SURFACE MISSILES
• WARFARE
• SHIPS
• ATTACK
• TIME
• NAVAL OPERATIONS
• SALVOS
• TACTICAL WARFARE
• WORK
• POWER
• SURFACES
• THESES
• AIRCRAFT
• DEGRADATION
• MODELS
• PARAMETERS
• NAVY

Subject Categories:

• Antimissile Defense Systems
• Antiaircraft Defense Systems
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Air- and Space-Launched Guided Missiles

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE