High-tech warfare has the characteristics of deep depth, all-weather, all-round, land, sea, air, sky, and electromagnetic five-in-one combat. The impact of high-tech war on the military is first and foremost on weapons and equipment, and then on combat styles and even military strategy. Military thinking has had a major impact. The war under high-tech conditions has caused logistical support to undergo a profound transformation, and will undoubtedly also have a major impact on the packaging of weapons and equipment.
First, the impact of high-tech warfare on weapons and equipment packaging
High-tech wars are inseparable from high-tech equipment. The impact of high-tech equipment on weapons and equipment packaging is mainly manifested in the following aspects:
1, the impact of packaging protection
With the increasing number of acoustic, optical, electrical and precision mechanical components in high-tech equipment, the battlefield environment is deteriorating, which poses a great threat to the survival of high-tech equipment systems. Therefore, the protective packaging of high-tech equipment does not only stop at moisture, Anti-mildew, rust-proof, and shock-proof basic functions, but put forward higher requirements for protective functions such as anti-static, anti-electromagnetic, anti-explosion, anti-nuclear, bio-chemical and chemical protection. When electromagnetic waves penetrate the sensitive electronic components in weapon equipment, they act like electrostatic discharges, which can invalidate electronic components and make high-tech weapons and equipment systems unusable. In the early days of the Gulf War, for example, the United States’ electromagnetic weapons destroyed Iraq’s command center and communications system, leaving Iraq in a passively beaten position. The successful application of electromagnetic warfare has prompted the United States, Japan, and other countries to accelerate the research speed of anti-electromagnetic packaging. Due to the continued development and proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, the danger of a nuclear, biochemical and chemical warfare in the future still exists. It is required that the packaging of weapons and equipment has the greatest ability to prevent nuclear, biological and chemical damage during the outbreak of a nuclear war in order to minimize the damage to weapons and equipment.
2. Influence on the military functions of packaging
With the wide application of high-tech investigative equipment and intelligence systems, the time, space, and frequency domains of investigation have been greatly expanded. The transparency of front and rear battlefields has increased significantly, and the effectiveness of traditional concealment methods has decreased significantly. It has been difficult for camouflage in general. To achieve the purpose of concealment, the use of high-precision guided weapons, controlled by various guidance methods such as guidance, map guidance, and remote control guidance, has resulted in an unprecedented increase in accuracy, lethality, and destructiveness. High-tech investigation equipment and intelligence systems have increased. Highly accurate guidance of weapons means that, in future wars, it may be destroyed once the targets are exposed. Therefore, wartime defense inspection camouflage packaging of expensive high-tech equipment and materials is particularly important. Anti-disguise camouflage packaging is not a general-purpose packaging. It is a high-tech packaging that combines protection and anti-disguise features.
3, the impact of packaging and storage functions
High-tech war is a high-input, high-consumption war. In the 42 days of the Gulf War, multinational troops consumed more than 60 billion U.S. dollars. The average daily consumption was 1.12 billion U.S. dollars. The average daily consumption of U.S. military personnel was 200 kilograms, which was 10 times that of the Second World War. 4 times during the Vietnam War. During the war, the US military quickly and safely transported the required 10.5 million tons of material and equipment to the Gulf region within seven months. This is where the modern logistics support capabilities of the US military are at work, and modern packaging technologies are at work. The U.S. military equipment and materials have a high degree of containerization and storage, and their storage and transportation capabilities are strong. For example, most of the U.S. military ammunition uses tray-type storage, containerization, and containerized packaging methods to improve the degree of handling automation and handling efficiency.
The impact of high-tech war on the function of packaging, storage, and transportation is obvious. The packaging, storage, and transportation functions must meet different requirements for storage and transportation tools while satisfying the requirements for containerized packaging, and in particular, meet the requirements for air transport and airdrop packaging. Good packaging, storage, and transportation capabilities are of great significance for improving the logistics support capability of high-tech wars.
Second, the main countermeasures in the face of high-tech war packaging research work
In order to meet and meet the operational needs of high-tech wars, the main countermeasures for weapons and equipment packaging research are:
1. Strengthen the research of functional packaging materials
New military material technology is one of the eight high-tech commanding points. Functional packaging materials are the basis of high-tech packaging. Starting from reality, the functional packaging materials that will be studied in the future are:
(1) High barrier heat-sealable soft packaging materials:
(2) Conductive and antistatic heat sealable packaging materials;
(3) Anti-explosion-proof packaging materials;
(4) Anti-electromagnetic packaging materials;
(5) Multi-spectral compatible concealed packaging materials for preventing visible light, near-infrared light, mid-range infrared light, and microwave inspection;
(6) Photochromic disguise packaging materials;
(7) Anti-nuclear, biochemical and chemical packaging materials.
2, strengthen the research of packaging technology
As a whole, there is still a big gap between our military packaging technology and advanced countries such as the US military. The key research packaging technologies are:
(1) Long-term storage and packaging technology;
(2) Equipment and materials for drifting on the sea packaging technology;
(3) equipment, materials, airdrop packaging technology;
(4) Anti-explosion packaging technology;
(5) Anti-electromagnetic packaging technology;
(6) Invisible camouflage packaging technology;
(7) Anti-nuclear, biochemical and chemical packaging technologies.
3. Strengthen research on packaging, storage and transportation technologies.
The packaging, storage and transportation technology is directly related to the comprehensive ability of logistics support. In order to meet the needs of high-tech warfare, the packaging, storage, and transportation technologies that our military focuses on are:
(1) Research on material and equipment packaging and packaging technology;
(2) research on pallet packaging technology;
(3) Research on Container Container Packaging Technology;
(4) research on containerized net (bag) packaging technology;
(5) field envelope storage and storage system research;
(6) Research on storage and storage system of field tents;
(7) Research on the field container storage and storage system;
(8) Field loading and unloading technology and loading and unloading machinery research;
(9) Research on Container, Transportation and Appliances of Land, Sea, and Air.
4, to strengthen the standardization of packaging
By the year 2000, our military had established nearly 200 national military packaging standards and departmental packaging standards, and basically established a packaging standard system with the characteristics of our military. However, the overall level of packaging standards and the rapid development of weapons and equipment packaging have not yet been completed. In order to adapt, in the future, while continuing to do some major standards revisions, we should strengthen the planning and formulation of the following standards:
(1) Research and development of standards for functional packaging materials;
(2) Study and formulate standards related to packaging technology;
(3) to study and formulate standards related to packaged containerization;
(4) Study and formulate standards on container storage and transportation.
----Public Science and Technology Network
(author / Zhao Jun)