Logistics Models for the Ground-Based Anti-Ship Missile Battery

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Szechtman, Roberto
Kress, Moshe
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expeditionary advanced base operations
EABO
distributed logistics
inventory management
stochastic models
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2024-01-04
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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The ground-based anti-ship missile (GBASM) capability is the Marine Corps’ top modernization priority and a critical element of its expeditionary advanced base operations concept and Force Design 2030 initiative. While experimentation and limited study regarding firing, targeting, and the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of this nascent capability is ongoing, no research has been conducted on the logistics associated with the weapon system. This project uses stochastic modeling and simulation methods to explore firing dynamics between GBASM launchers supported by a supply depot and maritime targets. The models are parameterized to account for varying factors such as number of blue shooters, size of the ammunition depot, and salvo size. The primary output of the research are insights in the form of policies that attempt to maximize blue probability of win in response to a strategic adversary, which can inform live-force experimentation and tactics development.
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NPS NRP Executive Summary
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/73598
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Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM)
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This research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE 0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrp
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
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This 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.
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