Operational Analysis · Field Artillery

The Coordination Tax

Engagement effectiveness in modern fires architectures. The framework composes Amdahl's Law with exponential target perishability to expose when fires programs are technically bound versus procedurally bound. Adjusting framework parameters drives platform-specific weapon behavior across four reference systems.

Coordination tax · K
Total cycle
E / P₀ recoverable
Time of flight
P(kill) · salvo

Tactical engagement view


Platform

Munition

Survivability

Engagement cycle · phase decomposition


Phase contributions

Threshold checks

Perishability decay curve


Ballistics

Firing

Mobility

Fire control


Munitions roster

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