A brief combat simulation analysis of autonomous legged underwater vehicles

The authors develop a combat simulation model of Autonomous Legged Underwater Vehicles, a proposed mine countermeasure system, and use it to do a brief analysis of the system and its influence on amphibious operations. The system is modeled using off-the-shelf combat simulation software. A major theme of the research is to show how widely available legacy simulation software can be used to generate meaningful preliminary analyses quickly and inexpensively.