Missile Defense Exercise Planning

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Missile Defense Exercise PlanningMissile Defense Exercise Planning

Presented By:Presented By:

Mr. Ohad ElbaharMr. Ohad ElbaharIsrael Missile Defense OrganizationIsrael Missile Defense Organization

May 5 2010May 5 2010First Annual Israel Multinational Ballistic Missile Defense

Conference

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• Mr. Ohad Elbahar:

• B.Sc. In Engineering from the TECHNION Israel Institute of Technology.

• MBA from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

• Served as an officer in the IAF Test Range to conduct the Arrow Flight Tests.

• Served as an officer in the Israeli Missile Defense Organization (IMDO).

• Active consultant at IMDO for Interoperability.

About the SpeakerAbout the Speaker

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• Exercises of missile defense can easily become very

complicated.

• Defining the proper Training Audience, the proper Trainer,

the proper systems etc. is very difficult.

• Building the exercise infrastructure, the simulation systems,

the Intel for the exercise etc. is a real art.

• Getting most of the exercise in an organized After Action

Review (AAR).

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• The Command Structure is defined• Each officer/unit knows who is his commander and who he is commanding

Introduction and basic assumption Introduction and basic assumption

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• The Decision Making Process is defined• Who is making what decision, when, with what data and who is providing data.


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• The System Architecture and Connectivity are defined• Each system/officer knows how and who to connect and communicate to.


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How to build the exercise environment? Command Structure


• Deciding who are the exercise players : • Systems, commands, Headquarters etc.

• Deciding who is simulated? • Some Friendly (Not all systems are playing)

• External – Public pressure, politics,

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• Deciding what events to exercise:• Missile attacks, Intel, Logistic, Medicine etc.

• Building the Exercise Control Group (ECG):• All Simulated participants

• Red envelops of events

• Events are handled by the operational Command Structure.

• Documentation and data capture

• Subjects to Exercise:• How the Command structure behaves?

• Information flow between Training audience

• Force efficiency utilization.

• etc.

• Dilemmas:• What events to exercise

• What units and forces to include

• What is the Intel and threats to include in the events

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How to build the exercise environment? Weapon Systems


• Deciding who are the exercise players : • Systems, Units, officers etc.

• Building the simulation system / network:

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• Building the simulation system / network• Each system implements a Tactical Driver

• One Exercise Driver stimulate all threats

• Systems handle the threats with operational assets.

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• Exercise Driver:

• Stimulate a real time threats

• Standard Format DIS/HLA

• Simulate all enemy threats

• Simulate some friendly

units• (Not all systems are

playing)

• Each Tactical Driver receives

the threats• Tactical Drivers stimulate the adjacent weapon systems

• Each system can engage threats and report to the exercise driver

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• Deciding what events to exercise:• Missile attacks.

• Building the White Cell• Exercise Driver.

• Handle by the operational system (and TD).

• Documentation and data capture

• Objectives of Simulation:• Operators training

• CONOPS and TTP

• Communication systems and architecture

• Force efficiency utilization.

• etc.

• Dilemmas:• What simulation to use?

• Exercise Intel

• Integration of simulation

• What ifs?

• Etc.

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• Two Analysis teams work during the exercise:

• Operational Team.

• Exercise Team.

• The operational team work with operational data to derive

operational decision making.

• The exercise team have all the data (God’s view) and is

examining the operation activities for later AAR.

• On a schedule exercise break, the two teams meet to

exchange insights and lessons learned to improve the exercise

Data Analysis and AAR Data Analysis and AAR

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• Concept Concept

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Exercise life cycleExercise life cycle

• ParticipantsParticipants

• Training audience Training audience

• Events and simulationEvents and simulation

• Simulation toolsSimulation tools

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• AAR toolsAAR toolsDevelopDevelop

• IntegrationIntegration

• ExecutionExecution

• AARAAR

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• ScenarioScenario

Typical Execution FlowTypical Execution Flow

• ImplementationImplementation

DecisionDecision

• Operational AAROperational AAR

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• ScenarioScenario

Exception 1 Execution Flow Simulation & command together

Exception 1 Execution Flow Simulation & command together

• ImplementationImplementation• Operational AAROperational AAR

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Exception 2 Execution Flow Exercise and Operational AAR meet

Exception 2 Execution Flow Exercise and Operational AAR meet

• ScenarioScenario • ImplementationImplementation

DecisionDecision

• Operational AAROperational AAR

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• Not all exercise issues can be discussed here:

• Benefit of real deployment of assets Vs. centralized

exercise.

• Exercise together with real life.

• Operational

• Real assets in the exercise need real life handling.

• Applying lessons learned.

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