Analysis of Non-lethal Directed Energy Weapon Employed in Area Denial Mission Scenario

dc.contributor.corporateNaval Research Program (NRP)
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Research Program
dc.contributor.departmentSystems Engineering (SE)
dc.contributor.schoolGSEAS
dc.datePresented April 10-12, 2018
dc.datePeriod of Performance: 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2018
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-10T00:43:33Z
dc.date.available2020-03-10T00:43:33Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.descriptionNPS NRP Executive Summaryen_US
dc.descriptionReport Type: Final Reporten_US
dc.description.abstractProject Summary: The operational threat environment is becoming more complex and uncertain as threat capabilities materialize and re-emerge from near-peer military competitors. A need for increased mission effectiveness, against a dynamic and technologically equal adversary, requires the development of new capabilities to defeat these emerging threats. Those uncertainties extend to the United States and regional security partners that may be susceptible to amphibious attack resulting in the need for an Operational Littoral Defense System (OLDS). Strategically significant amphibious operations will play an increasingly critical role in the projection of power and control in battle-space environments. OLDS attempts to deter, disrupt, and deny enemy forces from completing their amphibious operation. Non-lethal weapons (NLW) systems that are currently in service and/or under development by the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWP) are employed within OLDS and utilized in conjunction with lethal weapon systems to support defensive operations of an amphibious operating area by increasing lethality, reducing potential casualties, and increasing mission effectiveness. This study of NLW systems within OLDS addressed the impact of NLW systems in a traditional conflict scenario, provided insight to potential operational capabilities enhanced by NLW, and analyzed potential effects to lethality, survivability, and mission effectiveness.en_US
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dc.description.funderNPS-18-M336-Aen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipHQMC Plans, Policies and Operationsen_US
dc.format.extent4 p.en_US
dc.identifier.npsreportNPS-18-M336-A
dc.identifier.otherNPS-18-M336-A
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/64329
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMonterey, California: Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNaval Research Program (NRP) Project Documents
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subjectnon-lethal weapons, area denial, littoral operationsen_US
dc.titleAnalysis of Non-lethal Directed Energy Weapon Employed in Area Denial Mission Scenarioen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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