High resolution combat simulations for the future battlefield
Military contingencies, weapons systems, operational concepts and force compositions are changing rapidly and qualitatively. The role of combat simulations is becoming increasingly important. Computerized simulations will be replacing the majority of field exercises. Distributed wargaming will likely be the major mechanism for joint and combined theater level coordination and training. The new battlefield environment will require high resolution simulations that accurately represent attrition, maneuver, time synchronization, command and control, RSTA and advanced weapons effects. The technological potential exists for greatly enhanced operational decision aids that could revolutionize command and control operations. It is critical that future simulations be designed to meet the new and emerging requirements induced by potential future battlefield situations. In a future battlefield there is apt to be considerable variability in the scope, disposition and capabilities of the forces, of the time of a confrontation and even in who the combatants might be. This is in contrast to the traditional European battlefield scenario that has guided simulation and model designers throughout the cold war period. Large scale simulations developed for cold war scenarios have tended to be highly aggregated with respect to combat factors such as the environment, time, spatial disposition of forces and attrition adjudication. In addition, these simulations generally employ expected value methodologies that mask the inherent statistical uncertainties in outcomes. Improvements in computational hardware, algorithms, software and distributed architectures now make it feasible to develop high resolution stochastic simulations for large scale battlefields.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6120062
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-109831; CONF-9209362-1; ON: DE93016440
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 25. anniversary seminar of the Defense Research Group (DRG), Kent (United Kingdom), 30 Sep - 2 Oct 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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