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Discrete Event Simulation for the Analysis of Artillery Fired Projectiles from Shore

by James Garrick Sheatzley

1 cards · Military report

Masters thesis — Naval Postgraduate School, 2017. Full text: https://archive.org/details/DTIC_AD1046551

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Discrete Event Simulation for the Analysis of Artillery Fired Projectiles from Shore

Marine Corps artillery can be modeled as an anti-access/area-denial weapon from shore — a simulation showed artillery achieves higher destruction rates in the area-denial scenario (blocking freedom of navigation) than in the anti-access scenario (stopping an amphibious convoy), with unmanned-aerial-system speed and M777A2 firing delay as the key performance factors.

— In our words · Source: Discrete Event Simulation for the Analysis of Artillery Fired Projectiles from Shore (James Garrick Sheatzley)

[Use when]

Asymmetry is conditional — shore batteries beat fleets only where the strait is narrow and the routes are known.

[Why it matters]

It quantifies an asymmetric maritime defense — cheap shore-based fires can deny movement to ships that cost billions, but only where the geography cooperates.

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