Electronic countermeasures (ECM) and acoustic countermeasures (ACM) supported protection for merchant ships against SSM/ASM missiles and mines
By: Bo L. Wallander
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from the National Technical Information Service
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Description: The necessity for merchant ship self protection has become more and more obvious during recent years. This thesis will investigate the threat (missiles and mines) and associated counter-measures that might be installed to provide a reasonable degree of protection. The results indicate that it is possible to get protection against a sea-skimming missile with a combination of ECM and ESM deployed aboard the ship. For protection against the mine threat, a sonar is designed in order to give the ship enough warning time to make an avoiding maneuver. The sonar investigation indicates the difficulty in designing a sonar that can fulfill all design objectives year-round in a complex acoustic environment.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s):  Partelow, Robert L. ;  Coppens,  Alan B.

Cover title: Electronic ... countermeasures supported protection for merchant ..

"December 1989."

Thesis (M.S. in Systems Engineering (EW) and M.S. in Engineering Acoustics)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1989.

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