Satellites are an increasingly important tool in modern warfare and, as such, there is a renewed interest in developing anti-satellite weapons, as well as in assessing the vulnerability of satellites to being intercepted. In 2007 China used a modified ballistic missile to intercept a defunct Chinese …

The Chemical Weapons Convention (hereinafter 'the CWC') and its implementation organ the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (hereinafter 'the OPCW or 'the Organization') were purposely created by states to overcome the mutual threat of chemical weapons on the global agenda. Despite …

Orienting paper about kinetic non-lethal weapons. One of its purposes is to help the non-specialist reader better understand scientific and technological aspects of these new weapon systems. Physical parameters and experimental methods are reviewed. Performance tests of two existing non-lethal weapon …

This paper describes research into generic sensor management principles that enable the development of a support system that is capable of bridging the growing gap between the available knowledge and the required sensor management related knowledge

This paper discusses the principle of geoacoustic inversion. That will demonstrate the need for validation with experimental data. The RNLNC has been involved in two recent sea trials that will be described in brief. Results for the geoacoustic parameter characterization for typical examples will be …

The author investigates how acoustic information about the seabed can be obtained from bottom-reflected shipping noise. An innovative idea is the use of sound sources of opportunity. When expeditionary forces enter shallow or confined waters, the environment has a great influence on the performance of …

It is well-known that instead of changing course exactly at the edge, changing course when the sweep radius reaches the edge (i.e. changing course at distance R from the edge) generally yields higher probabilities of detection. In this article the authors shall investigate whether or not an even higher …

This paper describes segmentation based on motion. A group of (connected) pixels that move together is assumed to belong to one object. One advantage of using otion is that an object that consists of different parts is detected as one object, whereas f for instance colour differences are used the same …

Information dominance and superiority and network centric warfare are terms that have become part of the lexicon associated with the transformation of the military force in the 21st century. Also well-known are the four tenets of network centric warfare: 1. Arobustly networked force improves information …

Military sensors are being used to create situational awareness. In a process of multi sensor data fusion, a sensor grid containing a multitude of similar and different sensor types contributes to the overall awareness by gathering and combining input data. Such data fusion has been applied in numerous …