Automatic calculation of probability of kill in arena fragmentation test using high speed visual sequences

Tests are conducted to determine the Weapon Danger Area/Zone for all weapon systems, ranging from small-caliber weapons to guided missiles, with a particular emphasis on ballistic weapons. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has established the ARSP-03 Volume II standard to standardize the implementation and analysis of these tests. In line with this standard, the aim of this study is to automate the analysis of these tests by processing high-speed camera images to determine the WDA/Z. To achieve this goal, potential methods have been evaluated, and similar products and studies have been examined. The feasible methods were compared with one of the similar studies using three different methods: F-Score, a new evaluation method, and visual assessment. The advantages and disadvantages of the methods were identified. It has been demonstrated that the new evaluation method is a more valid comparison parameter than the F-Score evaluation.