来源类型 | Research Reports
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规范类型 | 报告
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.7249/RR1724.1
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来源ID | RR-1724/1-AF
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| Needs, Effectiveness, and Gap Assessment for Key A-10C Missions: An Overview of Findings |
| Jeff Hagen; David A. Blancett; Michael Bohnert; Shuo-Ju Chou; Amado Cordova; Thomas Hamilton; Alexander C. Hou; Sherrill Lingel; Colin Ludwig; Christopher Lynch; et al.
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发表日期 | 2016
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出版年 | 2016
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页码 | 16
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语种 | 英语
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结论 |
How Did We Determine Mission Effectiveness and Needs?- We organized our study into several analytic efforts to calculate effectiveness and identify gaps in platforms and functional areas such as weapons, sensors, and communications. Across these analyses, we considered the effects of operational and environmental factors, such as weather, GPS and communication jamming, camouflage and concealment, target type, and ground controller capabilities. Since the mission functions almost always included target acquisition, communication, and weapon employment tasks that had to be performed while maintaining high survivability, our specific research areas were focused similarly.
How Well Do Air Force Program of Record Forces Perform the Missions?- In analyzing the planned U.S. Air Force (USAF) fleet for gaps in effectiveness, we found few cases in which the planned force could not meet demands against lower levels of air defense. Risk would be significantly higher against medium levels of air defense if weaponry proliferates that that cannot be effectively countered with low-cost expendable countermeasures.
- Against adversaries with moderately advanced air defenses, such as short-ranged surface-to-air missiles, greater standoff distances (typically around 5–10 nm) will be needed unless these threats can be quickly destroyed, continually suppressed, or effectively countered.
- The most stressing case would involve conflicts with near-peer nations, in which Air Force aircraft could face advanced missiles and fighter threats that can reach dozens of miles or more. New concepts for conducting counterland missions or providing organic indirect fires may be required to operate against these threats if they cannot be countered rapidly and consistently.
How Does Current Effectiveness Change Without the A-10C?- If the A-10C is retired, FAC(A) and CSAR missions would be the most immediately affected, although they have been quite rare in recent operations. USAF's capacity for responsive CAS would also be reduced.
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摘要 |
- To perform the A-10's mission set in the future, the capabilities that will be needed must be considered in the context of both supporting and attacking ground forces. Air Force support capabilities should evolve along with the ground forces, so close consultation with the Army and Marine Corps should be a high priority on issues such as digital communications modernization. Imagery and video sharing between controllers and aircraft is a powerful tool, and future platforms should have the ability to create this shared situational awareness.
- These are complex, highly dynamic, and high-risk missions that can require precise employment of weapons in difficult and dangerous circumstances. It is likely that a well-trained pilot can be effective in almost any platform, while a poorly trained one will have difficulty even in the best aircraft. It will be critical that the Air Force take advantage of current experience and expertise and to ensure that knowledge in these areas is spread to the most appropriate communities.
- The need to strike a variety of targets creates a need to carry a diverse set of weapons. The need for a wide variety of munitions implies carriage of a large number of weapons, regardless of the number of targets. In highly intense cases, we found that a loadout sufficient to kill two armored targets per sortie was a minimum capability, with a preferred capacity closer to five kills per sortie. Laser-guided rockets with armor-piercing warheads could be a highly effective addition to the force.
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主题 | Air Defense
; Fighter Aircraft
; Military Acquisition and Procurement
; Military Budgets and Defense Spending
; Military Communication Systems
; Operational Readiness
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URL | https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1724z1.html
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来源智库 | RAND Corporation (United States)
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资源类型 | 智库出版物
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/108281
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推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 |
Jeff Hagen,David A. Blancett,Michael Bohnert,et al. Needs, Effectiveness, and Gap Assessment for Key A-10C Missions: An Overview of Findings. 2016.
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