Mission effectiveness analysis of an aircraft attacking passive targets

A sortie model involving a single aircraft attacking an arbitrary number for independent and identical passive targets is developed. Mathematical expressions for the probability of the various events associated with the sortie are obtained. Recursive relations are developed for obtaining several system characteristics. The results are used to formulate a cost related measure of effectiveness which can be used to determine the most economic sortie time of the aircraft for a given number of targets. A numerical example is provided.