DOD Officials Discuss Framework for Advancing
Directed Energy Weapons
“DOD officials discussed the importance of developing an efficient and effective modular open system architecture, or MOSA, at the Booz Allen Hamilton-sponsored Directed Energy Series”
“Electromagnetic attack is a division of electromagnetic warfare involving the use of electromagnetic energy, directed energy, or antiradiation weapons to attack personnel…”
The sensor- and signal-processing challenges of electronic warfare
Electronic warfare (EW) -- jamming or spoofing an enemy's communications and RF sensor systems -- has some crossover with other technologies such as radar or directed-energy EM weapons.
“Electronic warfare (EW) includes “any military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy.””
“With directed-energy research now coming to fruition, the Missile Defense Agency is putting “increased emphasis” on development of directed-energy weapons…”
COGNITIVE LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS
SYSTEMS (CLAWS)
“By incorporating brain-like capabilities into technology such as LAWS these cognitive LAWS (CLAWS) could, in turn, employ more human-like discretion in targeting decisions.”
“This is especially salient with regard to the law of
armed conflict (LOAC) targeting principles of distinction, proportionality, and military necessity, which all require context-specific judgements”
“This brain-like capability highlights CLAWS’s
potential for making the context-specific decisions required by the targeting principles of the LOAC for fully autonomous operations.”
Hat tip to @idontexistTore for discussing Operation Cyclone. This thread will be dedicated to exploring the facts she to light this afternoon in her X Space.
The Origins and Impacts of Operation Cyclone and The
Stinger Missile transfer (1979-1994)