russia is considered the core of the former empire of the ussr. many social and structural features of the soviet :union: could be observed in the development of russia’s political power and strategic attitude. geo-political competitions between russia and the west can be traced back to the 19th century. these competitions were shaped within the framework of the balance of power system in inter...

■ The U.S. Air Force is developing the airborne laser (ABL), whose mission is to engage and destroy theater ballistic missiles such as the SCUD while these missiles are in their boost phase. This mission capability requires high-energy laser propagation over long horizontal paths (200 to 300 km) through the upper atmosphere. To be effective in the presence of atmospheric turbulence, the ABL mus...

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are a serious threat to the legitimate use of the Internet. Many defense methods against DDoS attacks have been suggested. However, the deployment of defense systems becomes an important issue. A previous work, called the Shield [3], brought up the deployment problem and handles the issue with traffic trapping and traffic black-holing techniques. In ...

ne of the fundamental challenges in theater ballistic missile defense (TBMD) is ascertaining which element in the threat complex is the lethal object. To classify the lethal object and other objects in the complex, it is necessary to model how these objects will appear to TBMD sensors. This article describes a generic parametric approach to building classifier models. The process is illustrated...

ted to allow efficient ballistic missiles , the paper describes a recently developed ted estimation/guidance design paradigm n several innovative concepts that provides satisfactory homing performance against ly maneuvering targets. The new paradigm veloped and tested first by using a simplified constant speed interception scenario model. paper the integrated estimation/guidance m is validated ...

A discretized game model of an anti-missile defense scenario is presented. Such an engagement is a pursuit of a "blind" evader, committed to satisfy a terminal constraint. It can be formulated as an incomplete information zero-sum pursuit-evasion game with state constraint. Such a game becomes non trivial if the evader has higher maneuverability than the pursuer. In this case the game admits a ...