Thomas Dale Lucas

51533669, Oct 6, 1992

May 22, 1990

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Thomas W. Lucas - Brea CA

Hughes Aircraft Company - Los Angeles CA

F41G 900

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The present method includes estimating for each kth one of K attack weapons a target threat value, P. sup. k, and for each available counter-weapons a counter-threat value, P. sub. k, against each kth attack weapon. Prospective counter-weapon allocations are tabulated. Each ith allocation has N. sub. i counter-weapons and for each a reduced target threat value: ##EQU1## is computed, x. sub. ki being equal to the integer number of counter-weapons in the ith allocation assigned to a kth one of the attack weapons, assuming one type of counter-weapons. The set of x. sub. ki 's that causes E. sub. Ri to be a minimum is the optimum counter-weapon assignment for the ith allocation. One of the prospective allocations is selected for a first "shoot-look" cycle in which the N. sub. i counter-weapons are assigned according to the optimum x. sub. ki 's. The procedure may be repeated for subsequent "shoot-look" cycles.