The thesis investigates the effects of errors in two shipboard sensors, the gyrocompass system and the peloruses, on a ship's mission effectiveness. The missions considered were a series of specially constrained shore bombardment missions. Various gyrocompass errors were investigated against area targets of varying radii. The ultimate benefit which will hopefully be realized is that force commanders will be provided with a means to quantitatively evaluate the inherent capabilities of the various ships under their commands in assigning ships to specific missions. In addition, a tactical innovation is suggested which could improve naval shore bombardment capabilities by partially countering the deleterious effect of ship's gyro error in indirect fire missions where spotting is not available. (Author)


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    Title :

    The Effect of Sensor Accuracy on Naval Gunfire Support Mission Effectiveness


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    Publication date :

    1970


    Size :

    62 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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