IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/inm/orinte/v27y1997i3p29-38.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Evaluating New Weapon Systems Technology: The Javelin versus the Dragon

Author

Listed:
  • David Anthony Cannella

    (Military Traffic Management Command, Transportation Engineering Agency, Deployability Analysis Division, Newport News, Virginia 23606-2574)

  • So Young Sohn

    (Department of Industrial Systems Engineering, Yonsei University, Shichondong 134, Seoul, Korea)

  • Charles Pate

    (US Army TRADOC Analysis Command, Monterey, California 93943)

Abstract

To achieve its missions, the US Army needs to take advantage of improvements in weapons technology. To replace the medium antiarmor Dragon weapon system, the army is testing a new system called Javelin. We used simulation to explore Javelin's potential to enhance the effectiveness of the mechanized infantry. We developed scenarios employing the Janus(A) high-resolution combat model. These scenarios represent force-on-force trials of mechanized versus fully modernized armor heavy threats in deliberate defense and movement-to-contact missions. Our results indicate that the Javelin performs better than the Dragon in mechanized force. These findings and related study results led to the US Army's decision to replace the Dragon with the Javelin in its mechanized infantry units.

Suggested Citation

  • David Anthony Cannella & So Young Sohn & Charles Pate, 1997. "Evaluating New Weapon Systems Technology: The Javelin versus the Dragon," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 27(3), pages 29-38, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:27:y:1997:i:3:p:29-38
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.27.3.29
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/inte.27.3.29
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1287/inte.27.3.29?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Michael Pidd, 1999. "Just Modeling Through: A Rough Guide to Modeling," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 29(2), pages 118-132, April.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:27:y:1997:i:3:p:29-38. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Asher (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/inforea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.