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I don't remember when or where, I read in some post of DBC that that much ability (or required codes) are provided, such that programming required for the mission can be done.
BLUEMAX (Mission-Threat Analysis) and RADGUNS is part of a comprehensive mission planning suite that mission planners use to predict and model possible outcomes of aerial action including the likelihood of combat losses. The suite consists of other module like AIRADE - Airborne Radar Detection Model, BRL-CAD & FASTGEN, COVART, AJEM and more.
BLUEMAX is used to construct detailed flight paths for fixed-wing aircraft. The model is also useful as a standalone tool for determining aircraft performance characteristics. In addition, the model has the capability to utilize National GeospatialIntelligence Agency (NGA) Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) to construct terrain following/terrain avoidance flight paths and determine line of sight information for a user-defined set of ground threats. This provides the user the capability to perform exposure studies and quick survivability estimates, as well as mission planning.
RADGUN
RADGUNS is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Air Defense Artillery (ADA) gun systems against penetrating aerial targets. It is also used to evaluate the effectiveness of different airborne target characteristics (radar cross section (RCS), maneuvers, use of electronic countermeasures, etc.) against a specific ADA system. RADGUNS is a complete one-on-one simulation including weapon system, operators, target model (RCS and presented/vulnerableareas), flight profiles, environment (clutter and multipath), electronic attack, and endgame. RADGUNS can assess many aspects of a weapon systems performance including target detection, tracking performance, probability of hit (Ph), probability of kill (Pk), expected number of hits, and the effects of jamming. ADA weapon systems are typically modeled at either the subsystem or circuit level consisting of acquisition and track radar and/or optical systems, a set of rapid fire anti-aircraft guns, a fire control computer (FCC) and servo system to aim the guns, and a crew to operate the system.