Sensing Side Effects for Supplementary Checkout Data

In working with checkout equipments for weapon systems, it becomes apparent that a new approach to solving the problems of status testing, fault isolation, and failure prediction is required. The approach which this paper proposes is to effectively utilize the side effects which have bothered the system designers in the past. This paper points out that the relative advantages of this approach outweigh the disadvantages. It shows that there are a number of effects available for use but that research and development efforts on detectors and interpretation techniques are required. This paper further suggests that these techniques can be applied to the checkout of mechanical and electromechanical systems.