2. Type of missile system
● Air-to-air missiles
● Air-to-surface missiles
● Surface-to-air missiles
● Anti Ship missiles
● Antitank, or Assault missiles
3. Ballistic missiles are most often categorized
● Short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs)
● Medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs)
● Intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs)
● intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
4. The most famous ones
● LGM-30 Minuteman (U.S.A)
● R-36 (Russia)
● DF-41 or Dongfeng- 41(China)
● M-51 (France)
● UGM-133 Trident II (U.K)
● Jericho III (Israel)
● Brahmos (India & Russia)
● Tomahawk (U.K)
● PGM 17 Thor (U.S.A) and V2 Rocket (Germany)
6. The hardbound payloads and the explosives
Warhead which carries the explosive the shape and the protected
explosive.
The deadliest missiles in the world are the so called MIRVs or Multiple
Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles.
16. Now think of the missile as a stable design
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22. Guidance systems
● Go-onto-target (GOT) guidance systems
○ Target tracker
○ Missile tracker
○ Guidance computer
● Go-onto-location-in-space (GOLIS) guidance systems
○ Remote control guidance: The guidance computer is
on the launcher. The target tracker is also placed on the
launching platform.
○ Homing guidance: The guidance computers are in the
missile and in the target tracker.
23. Remote control guidance system
● Command guidance
○ Command to line-of-sight' (CLOS)
○ Command off line-of-sight' (COLOS)
● Line-of-sight beam riding guidance (LOSBR)
○ The target tracker is on board the missile
○ The missile already has some orientation capability meant for flying inside the beam that
the launching platform is using to illuminate the target. It can be manual or automatic.
24. Command to line-of-sight
● Manual command to line-of-sight
● semi-manual command to line-of-sight
● Semi-automatic command to line-of-sight
● Automatic command to line-of-sight
31. GOLIS systems:go-onto-location-in-space guidance system
● Entirely autonomous - Systems where the missile tracker does not
depend on any external navigation source, and can be divided
into:
● Inertial guidance
a. gimballed gyro stabilized platform or fluid-suspended gyro
stabilized platform
b. strapdown inertial guidance
● Preset guidance
● Dependent on natural sources - Navigational guidance systems
where the missile tracker depends on a natural external source:
32. ● Celestial guidance
● Astro-inertial guidance
● Terrestrial guidance
● Topographic reconnaissance (Ex: TERCOM)
● Photographic reconnaissance (Ex: DSMAC)
● Magnetic guidance: take a compass as an example
● Dependent on artificial sources - Navigational guidance systems where the
missile tracker depends on an artificial external source:
● Satellite navigation
● Global positioning system (GPS)
● Global navigation satellite system (GLONASS)
● Hyperbolic navigation
● DECCA
● LORAN C
35. ● Countermeasures to Missile Defense
○ Decoys
■ Replica decoys
■ Decoys using Signature Diversity
■ Decoys using Anti-Simulation
■ Cooled Shrouds
● Command and Control
○ Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC)
○ GMD Fire Control and Communication (GFC)
○ Link-16
○ Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS)
■ use data from multiple sensors to integrate into a single picture
■ select different weapons depending on the threat
■ allows for ease of engagement due to its versatility instead of being limited to a particular unit capabiliti
