A comparative analysis of U. S. Army Air Defense Artillery strategies using the Joint Theater Level Simulation model
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Authors
Savage, David M.
Subjects
JTLS
ADA strategy
point defense
belt defense
ADA strategy
point defense
belt defense
Advisors
Parry, Samuel H.
Date of Issue
1990-09
Date
1990-09
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
This thesis seeks to determine if US Army Defense Artillery (ADA) units positioned in a belt defense perform better than the point defense that the US Army currently uses. It does this through a comparison of three ADA defense strategies: (1) Forward Concentration (belt defense); (2) Balanced Concentration (point defense); and (3) Rear Area Concentration (point defense). The Joint Theater Level Simulation, a computer combat simulation model, is used as a tool for analysis to compare the three strategies in a Fulda Gap scenario against a variety of Soviet attack options. The JTLS model is used because of its ability to simulate large forces and also to demonstrate the value of JTLS as an analytical tool, in addition to a training and evaluation tool. Using the following measures of effectiveness: Soviet airplanes shot down by US ADA, percentage of successful Soviet bombing missions, and number of US ground- targets destroyed, the forward concentration defense proves to have a significant advantage over the other two strategies, regardless of the weighting of the measures of effectiveness.
Type
Thesis
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Department
Operations Research
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
viii, 58 p. ill.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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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.