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Unclassified, open-source, physics-backed analysis from the Empyrean Defense Wargaming & Simulation Cyber Range. Every assumption stated. Every run reproducible. No gating, no sponsorships, no sales pitch.
High-Powered Microwave (HPM): From Hard Kill to Residual Risk
3,400 stochastic Monte Carlo runs across 44 configurations reveal the service-rate ceiling, residual warhead hazard, and closed-loop cascade failure mechanism of single-effector HPM defense against heterogeneous drone swarms of 40-400 threats. The Goldilocks zone is real and it is narrow.
The Devil Dog and the Dragon: USMC Organic IADS Against PLARF Cruise Missile Saturation on the First Island Chain
50 Monte Carlo seeds. 60 CJ-10 cruise missiles. 80 SkyHunter interceptors. 92.7% kill rate. The MRIC battery works brilliantly - then the magazine runs out at T+28:37 and everything on Miyakojima dies. The math says the Marines need more rounds.
Quantifying Layered Naval Defense Against Hypersonic Glide Vehicles
We simulated a DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle salvo against an Arleigh Burke destroyer. 50 Monte Carlo seeds. The ship died every time. SM-6 achieved a 23% kill rate. PAC-3 MSE achieved zero. The engagement timeline - not the interceptor - is the binding constraint.
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