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U.S. anti-missile weapon system diagram

“New York Times” has been exposed this year, two messages:

2010 In June, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. jointly launched a Ticketmaster set called “B-Flex ballistic missile defense missile defense C4I systems” will be used to improve the interoperability of U.S. missile defense system, and plan for the future of the branches of the military and NATO C4I systems to achieve integration;

In August, the U.S. company Northrop Grumman has delivered to the U.S. Army “integrated air and missile defense battle command system” (IBCS) of the first key component of “artillery combat operations center.”

the two systems are all built in the United States in the Global Information Grid System (GIG) an important part. Put into operation, it will speed up U.S. missile defense systems integration, defense zone will expand at least 3 times.

“New York Times” Accordingly, said: The United States currently has accelerated the “Global Information Grid” system to support the missile defense system to enhance the ability to intercept the missile defense system.

● C4ISR system performance on the battlefield in Kosovo and Iraq was “magical wand”, but the U.S. military continues to believe that “fly in the ointment.” “Global Information Grid,” came into being

“Global Information Grid” concept is fully developed in the U.S. C4ISR on the basis of the initiative. In short, C4ISR systems is to ensure that commanders and command organs of the forces and weapons command and control the implementation of the “man – machine system” and its command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sub-system, like the human “brain “” nervous “and” eyes and ears “, the various fighting forces, the battlefield and its various subsystems closely connected as one, forming a powerful military advantage. See:

1999 the evening of March 27, 8 pm, the United States an F-117 stealth aircraft over Kosovo was shot in the ejection seat and life-saving backpack satellite positioning device, immediately to the U.S. Army EC-130E airborne command and control aircraft distress signal … … soon, the Italian coalition command center and the Pentagon have received aid information; few minutes later, with one hundred commandos of the six helicopters to the rescue; three hours later, rescue team members found the F-117 pilot issued a flash unit with special infrared signals with the suspension will be rescued pilots, fly back to base.

2003 年 3 月 20, raised six consecutive local Iraqi “Scud” and Al Samoud missiles, flying a U.S. base in Kuwait. Just 12 seconds, the U.S. military in the Pacific over the missile warning satellite on a target, quickly passed the information to the U.S. Space Command data processing center, emergency treatment immediately after the computer giant has been effectively intercept parameter, and pass through the satellite in Kuwait’s “Patriot” air defense missile command center. The whole process only in the blink of an eye, and the “Scud” at least 3-4 minutes of flight, is this just the time difference, so that Iraqi missile successfully intercepted by U.S. forces.

this is happening in Kosovo and Iraq in two real wars, from which people can deeply feel the C4ISR systems in modern high-tech warfare role. War is the development of military technology accelerator. Despite the dominance of a sudden the C4ISR system, but actual combat in the U.S. found that, C4ISR system also there are some serious “deficiencies”:

previous U.S. space-based, air-, ground and sea based information systems are mostly proprietary systems are not compatible, can be visually described as a mutual no contact “chimney base.” C4ISR often “conflicts” and can only deal with the information through the computer communications network, while the other devices of digital information, such as the battle front of the sensor, the elements of fire fighting systems, is not compatible with shared capacity. U.S. forces should be made to seek “full-time, full-dimensional information superiority.” But obviously the lack of C4ISR systems are so efficient, direct conversion of battlefield information capabilities.

the same time, C4ISR information of the network itself occlusion and stenosis, but also restricts the system’s functioning. Links to the global Internet has various fields, but the C4ISR system can not achieve this level, the information network can not reach extends to every node, but can not achieve global networking. As mentioned earlier, F-117 pilots to rescue, to help NATO’s C4ISR system.

C4ISR systems in order to overcome these “deficiencies”, the U.S. military in 1999 first proposed the establishment of a “Global Information Grid” initiative, and in March 2000, formally submitted to Congress a start GIG project report.

● “Global Information Grid,” the “ultimate goal”: in the future battlefield, you can at any time, any place to any form of information to any person

so-called ” Global Information Grid “(Global Inforration Grid), is the world can link any two or more points to the information transmission capacity, software and information transmission processing operation of the grid using the composition of complex information. From an architectural point of view, GIG changed most of the C4ISR system, a vertical line or network side of the link model, according to joint operations architecture, integration, system requirements and build grid-based information network system. In the GIG framework, the U.S. military in the global distribution of computer, network and operations platform sensor network will form a large system, global time-domain and within the same airspace as well as various sub-systems together can ensure the future of the battlefield “in any time, any place to any form of information to any person. ” According to the U.S. military’s “schedule”, they will be completed by 2020 global information grid system.

GIG proposal of the concept is revolutionary, the U.S. military information networks and C4ISR systems and therefore a series of changes taking place, such as: globalization, information access, the whole dimension of information exchange, intelligent information processing and information facilities compatible, information security protection technology, and so on. Of particular note is that, GIG includes both the computer network grid, communications network grid, the grid also includes sensors and weapons platform grid, stressed firing device from the sensor to the full integration of compatible information, send and receive can achieve any “0″ “1″ digital signal devices can associate with the GIG, and thus improve the overall combat effectiveness.

GIG widely used in U.S. military operations once the platform is not difficult to imagine such a battlefield picture:

– the U.S. military can use the grid interconnection of sensors, time to discover all directions, various threats in all regions, and these threats and more comprehensive assessment perspective, the first time to provide early warning, situation to achieve shared awareness, you can choose the shortest possible time to achieve the best results of combat forces to maneuver and combat;

– U.S. military can constitute a network structure of virtual grouping command, command staff through different access account and password to access the virtual command of space, and the command structure of mutual consultation with other staff, to formulate operational plans , real-time operational instructions issued to greatly improve the efficiency of operational command;

– before and after the U.S. side can take interactive feedback of operational support to achieve all combat platforms, support resources, transport, real-time can be visualization, and information into common battlefield combat situation map in order to provide the most appropriate for the unit’s combat support … …

● “Global Information Grid” is out of the “concept” , into “capacity.” With its support for U.S. missile defense system will thus “skill” surge it?

year, the U.S. strategic system to achieve the two initial “docking” news, the world’s attention once again focus on “Global Information Grid.” People feel, GIG after 10 years of development, is currently out of the “concept” to the U.S. real combat.

U.S. missile defense system is focused on the development of strategic weapons systems, the smooth integration of multi-layer information exchange is an important foundation for missile defense operations. Some experts believe that the system associated with the GIG, the U.S. missile defense system will not only achieve its own integration, but also with other weapons systems or information systems to achieve interoperability and dramatically improve operational efficiency.

to GIG in the “integrated air and missile defense battle command system” for example, it is the land-based missile defense system to achieve integration of key system, each individual may be the U.S. Army missile defense systems integration to achieve the Army air defense and missile defense, “flat” command, to maximize operational efficiency. Deployment of an “integrated air and missile defense battle command system”, you can basically meet the U.S. 16 “Patriot” missile battalion linkage operational requirements.

framework with the GIG, data links and communications satellites Unicom gradually become the primary means of various weapons systems. Currently the U.S. military overseas and within the missile defense system missile defense system and the exchange of information between GIG systems can communicate via satellite. GIG system missile defense system into one of many nodes, to maximize use of resources to achieve operational intent, and thus greatly enhance operational efficiency and successful interception rate.

perhaps GIG-based missile defense system to support the decisive role of the system, the administration announced in September 2009 to adjust the European missile defense system deployment plan, put forward this year to build a sea-based “standard 3 “for the new missile interceptor missile defense system. Their defense of the principle of ballistic missile defense systems also have a new formulation, such as: ballistic missile defense system of defense from the “local” to “global”, deployed from the “fixed” to “mobile”, interception means from the “multi-block” to “as soon as possible as soon as possible to intercept the whole block,” and so on.

● “Global Information Grid,” the upgrading and development, will produce multiple effects, and to the worldwide revolution in military affairs have a profound impact

In recent years, “network-centric warfare,” the U.S. military transformation has increased as a guide, an important concept of operations, and with the “Global Information Grid” secretly echo. The U.S. military believes “network-centric warfare” is the information age, the basic form of war, a new vision of future war. The overall U.S. military transformation is to be able to hit the U.S. into “network-centric warfare,” the army. In this case, information exchange and sharing through what to do? The answer is: the network. What kind of network to achieve maximum exchange of information and sharing it? The answer is: the grid.

“network-centric warfare” directly dependent on global information grid to win. As a support system, “Global Information Grid” to serve the missile defense system, exposing only the tip of the iceberg. It is the upgrading and development, will revolutionize the U.S. military, global change, and to the world’s far-reaching implications of military transformation. It revealed it:

– should further promote and adapt their military information network construction. Can take a modular architecture with sub-networks, the military information network is divided into sensor grid, the grid engagement, information platform grid, etc., while maintaining the independence of each module, but also to enhance the systematic grid.

– should further highlight the military focus of the construction of information networks. Future information warfare, to broadband, high-capacity, digital network transmission capacity for the basis and premise, therefore, improve the level of information network construction, we must accelerate the end of the building and construction of two key mobile network.

– should further improve the level of integration of army building. Future operations are joint operations, command automation system, there is a long way to go before a truly integrated, only to speed up construction and development of their own national conditions and comprehensive integrated systems in order to realize intelligence and reconnaissance, early warning and detection, information counter, particularly weapons platform control goal of modernization. (Li Daguang Huanglong Qing)

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