ABSTRACT
The need for improved surveillance and target acquisition has long been recognized. Until recently the limitation was technology. However, technologies in four key areas - sensors, sensor platforms, and data transmission and information management-provide the means to deploy greatly improved target acquisition capabilities. Several advanced counterbattery radars for this purpose have been developed and are being deployed. North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) forces require a high-resolution, real-time target acquisition capability, which combine accurate target discrimination and high confidence identification. The processing and distribution of the target data collected by such systems can be greatly facilitated and expedited by taking advantage of the capabilities of the computer system in which such data will be stored. Target acquisition information would be directed to a large group of potential users. Active Warsaw Pact attacks against NATO’s target acquisition sensors, processors, terminals, and the communications system would have various payoffs.
