Mine Warfare Databases

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Mine Warfare Databases

• RDML Thomas J. Wilson, III
• Oceanographer of the Navy

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Agenda

• Requirements
• Databases
• Applications
• Challenges

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Strategic Collection Requirements Process
CMWC/ FLEETS
CNO N096
CFFC

• Validates/Prioritizes Survey Requirements for
  execution

• Generates strategic MIW Requirements for
• Q-Routes, SLOCs, CVOAs, AOAs, Ports

COMNAVMETOCCOM
NAVOCEANO

• Prepares survey/production plan

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MCM Data Collection
Tactical Contingencies
Increased Hostilities
Operational
Battle Space Preparation (CVOAs, AOAs)
Strategic Q-Routes, SLOCs, Ports
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MIW Survey Requirements

• CENTCOM
• Total Survey miles 620 nm
• 90 Complete
• PACOM
• Total Survey Miles 458 nm
• lt 5 (Survey ops ongoing)
• NORTHCOM
• Total Survey Miles 1700 nm
• 95 Complete
• EUCOM
• Total Survey Miles 3500 nm
• NATO Survey Routes

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Nominal Refresh Requirements
Arabian Gulf Analysis -- Strong Currents
-- Heavy Vessel Traffic -- Sediment
Deposition
3 yrs
8 yrs
3 yrs
Q-route location can minimize refresh requirements
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Database Ownership
Maintained by Data Sets
MEDAL Databases
Tactical Areas, Assets, Contacts, Plans
Clearance Evaluations, Risk Assessments
Fleet Users
Tactical MCM
Bathymetry, Bottom Characteristics Water
Currents, Water Properties
NAVO
Environment
Hunt Sweep parameters related performance
(Py data)
System Performance
CSS
Contact data and related imagery (if
available)
CMWC/NAVO
Contact Survey
Areas, Contacts, Notes, Worksheets, plans,
etc. Everything of a specific operation
Mine Threat
Environment
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Environmental Databases

• Temperature/Salinity/SSP
• 8 Million Profiles World-Wide.
• Used for SQQ-32 Performance Prediction
• Currents
• Provinced Current Speed by Season.
• Major Forcing Functions Which Effect Current
  Speed
• Used for EOD MNV Deployment
• Optics
• 400,000 Profiles Optical Profiles World-Wide
• Used for Optical Systems (AQS-24, MNV) and
  Emerging Organic LIDAR (ALMDS, RAMICS, AQS-20A)
• Bathymetry
• Worldwide varying resolutions
• Used to define Mineable Waters and Sensor
  Allocation

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Database Resolution

• Element Resolution
• Acoustic Imagery lt 10 cm
• Bathymetry 20 m/2 depth
• Bottom Sediments 100 m/0.003mm
• Bottom Roughness 100 m/ lt 10 cm
• Bottom Clutter 100 m/ 3 per NM
• Mine Burial 100 m
• SVPs Per collection plan
• Currents 100m/0.5kt
• Optics TBD
• ( NWP 3-15)

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Application to Tactical Planning
GCCS-M MEDAL Segment

• Environmental Folders
• Bathymetry
• Bottom Characteristics
• Water Currents
• Physical Properties (SVP)
• Acoustics (minesweeping)
• Magnetics (minesweeping)
• Atmospherics
• Bottom Features
• Route Survey Contacts

MCM Plans Directory
Environment
MCM Plan
Tracks
Mine Threat
Transparent, Pre-Built, A/B Worksheets
Percent Clearance
UCPLN
Equipment
Time
UCPLN Module
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Environmental Databases Drive Tactics and
Timelines
Side Scan Sonar Imagery
Must ASSUME Without a priori information
B1
Actual MIW Bottom Types
B2
B1
B3
B2
B3
B1
Clearance Level
Realistic Time/Risk Assessment
A3
A2
Time
Change Detection/Accurate Characterization
results in up to 45 Reduction in Clearance
Timeline
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Operation Iraqi Freedom Take-aways

• Revised Tactics from Sweeping to Hunting based
  on initial AN/AQS-14 data/Diver Reports
• Increase Percent clearance from 50 to 80 and
  41 timeline reduction
• Through-the-Sensor (AN/AQS-14) tactical data
  collection was critical for safe navigation of
  humanitarian/supply ships into Umm Qasr

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Challenges

• Data collection in forward areas
• Improved Database Management
• Allied Cooperation and Data Exchange
• Digital High Resolution Databases
• Analog Tactics

Q-Route Survey Log (Pre-1996)
Digital Imagery
Doctrinal Bottom Types