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Medisiner som ikke-dødelige våpen : fentanyl i Moskva
(2003)A description of the use of a chemical substance following the hostage taking at the Dubrovka Theater in Moscow on 23 october 2002 is given, based on available public information. An estimate of the necessary amount of ... -
Detonation transfer : summary report, FFI project 803.03
(2003)In connection with the upgrade of AMRISK, a program for risk analysis of ammunition storages, the process of detonation transfer have been studied. Based on earlier work a model for sympathetic detonation is developed ... -
NATO armaments ballistic kernel : tilpasninger for bruk i Odin2
(2003)The NATO Armaments Ballistic Kernel is a sharable software package for NATO. The software package contains functionality to calculate ballistics and firing data for artillery and mortars (ammunition using point mass model ... -
Ny håndbok i våpenvirkninger : sluttrapport fra FFI-prosjekt 803.01
(2004)A revision of the Fortifikasjonshåndbok 1990, del I, Våpenvirkninger (Fortification manual, part I, Weapons effects) has been carried out. The revision includes eight of the chapters in the manual. The updated version is ... -
Sjøforsvarets vernedrakter - undersøkelse av verneevne og effekt av lagringsforhold
(2001)NBC-protective suits used by the Norwegian Navy (SM3) have been examined. The aim was to investigate the possible effect of storage conditions on the protective properties. Four suits had been stored onboard vessels. The ... -
Analysis of bottom samples from Vestfjorden collected during Rumble First Sea Trial
(2002)As a part of the RUMBLE first sea trial 15 sediment samples were taken from two areas in the inner and outer Vestfjorden, respectively. This report presents the results of the analysis of the sediment samples. The seabed ... -
Investigation and risk assessment of ships loaded with chemical ammunition scuttled in Skagerrak
(2002)The Norwegian authorities gave in 1945 permission to scuttle ships loaded with captured chemical ammunition on board in an area approximately 14 km X 4 km in size, 25 nautical miles south-east of Arendal. The total amount ... -
A Russian-Western security committee? - possibilities and obstacles
(2002)The report is an attempt to outline a theoretical framework for the FFI project “Russia-partner and challenger.” It presents two central theoretical contributions to the understanding of the concept “security communities,” ... -
Multifunctional numerical tool for penetration analysis
(2002)An advanced analytical/numerical tool for calculating penetration of rigid projectiles into various materials is described. The program is based on cavity expansion theory (CET) and is a further development of an earlier ... -
Police forces with military status in international peace operations - preliminary findings
(2002)Recent peace operations are characterised by a gap between a large number of heavily-armed military forces and the international civilian police – often few in number and if at all equipped with light weapons (the so-called ... -
Burning properties of PBXN-5 - closed vessel testing
(2002)PBXN-5, a HMX based explosive composition for press filling has been studied in Closed Vessel for characterisation of burning properties. PBXN-5 has been tested as powder and in form of pressed pellets. Pellets have been ... -
Vegetation attenuation of microwaves - measurements and model evaluation
(2002)The aim of this report is to analyse measurements of vegetation attenuation at 18GHz and 38GHz. The transmitter and the receiver are both located in the forest in such a way that the main part of the radio wave propagate ... -
A game-theoretic methodology integrating weapon and C2 contribution to force effectiveness
(2000)The effect of C2 on force effectiveness is given substantial attention over the last decades. However, analysts are still struggling to reflect this effect. This paper presents a methodology that reflects the contribution ... -
Overvåkings- og sikringssystemer for MFU03
(2002)The report presents the current status and expected future developments of some surveillance and safety systems covering NBC surveillance, camera surveillance and field reconnaissance. A short description of sensor technology ... -
Sensitivity of input parameters to modelling of atmospheric transmission of long-wave infrared radiation at sea under warm and humid conditions
(2018)A joint Australian-Norwegian eld trial (Osprey) was held in February 2018 in Darwin, Australia. The objective of this trial was to measure IR transmission properties of the atmosphere in a marine environment under warm and ... -
Thermal infrared reference sources fabricated from low-cost components and materials
(2018)Mass markets, including mobile phones and automotive sensors, drive rapid developments of imaging technologies toward high performance, low cost sensors, even for the thermal infrared. Good infrared calibration blackbody ... -
Russland som "assosiert NATO-medlem" og Norge - foredrag ved FFI-seminar 10 september 2002
(2002)On September 10 2002 FFI gave a seminar on the topic "Russia as an associated member of Nato, and Norway." This report is a collection of the contributions to the seminar. The talks given at the seminar shed light on the ... -
Helse- og miljømessige konsekvenser ved Forsvarets bruk av røykammunisjon med hvitt fosfor
(2003)Literature about the toxic, physical and chemical properties of white phosphorus is studied to assess the health and environmental consequences from the use of white phosphorus ammunition. Information from the Norwegian ... -
Learning to play Operation Lucid from human expert games
(2003)When the number of possible moves in each state of a game becomes very high, standard methods for computer game playing are no longer feasible. We present two approaches to learning to play such a game from human expert ... -
Informasjonsinfrastruktur for NBF
(2002)This report is part of a report series that describes central technology areas for the future defence. The topic presented is information infrastructure for Network Centric Warfare (NCW). The future defence will move in ...