Weaponeering is the process of selecting the “best” weapon to cause a specified amount of damage to a given target. For example, if an F-18 air attack is planned against a ground target, there are several weapons from which to choose, depending on the target :

•  Unguided bombs
•  Air-to-surface guided missile
•  Laser or GPS guided bombs
•  Unguided rockets
•  Armor piercing gun rounds
•  A cluster bomb

The target may be an armored vehicle or a hardened aircraft shelter, and certain weapons may be appropriate for one target but not the other. Our objective is to calculate the probability of damage for each weapon against the target so that we can select the one with the highest value, consistent with other considerations such as potential collateral damage, risk to aircrew etc.

This site provides resources (books and short courses) to enable those interested to expand their knowledge of the subject at different levels. These resources are focused on the development of an unclassified Weaponeering Program, together with an associated database that will enable students to evaluate real world case studies. These can involve any conventional weapon system from small caliber automatic gun systems (7.62mm) up to the largest GPS guided bombs (30,000 lb) for weapons delivered by aircraft, ships, submarines or land based platforms.

The comprehensive target set includes vehicles, artillery, personnel, and infrastructure elements such as buildings, bridges, runways and tunnels. Supplementary topics including target acquisition and collateral damage are also addressed.

Both the books and short courses discuss a wide range of case studies, evaluated using a Weaponeering Program that brings together the various theoretical components of the weaponeering process required to compute damage to the specified target.