RU2184923C2 - Method and device for protection of flight vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: protection of flight vehicles. SUBSTANCE: the container for stowage and transportation of false targets is attached to the pylons of the flight vehicle. In the process of flight the covers of the container throat are opened, and an abrupt drop of the flight vehicle speed is accomplished. Under the action of inertia forces all or part of the false targets are ejected. After ejection the effective reflecting surface of the false targets is increased up to the parameters of the piloted flight vehicle, and the last one among the great number of the false targets is hidden. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency and economy at a simplified design of the device for protection. 2 cl, 1 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to the field of protection of military equipment, in particular aircraft, from recognition by reconnaissance and guidance means using radar methods for detecting airborne objects.

 It is known that having modern radar reconnaissance systems and high-precision destruction systems in service, a likely adversary seeks to improve the methods of their combat employment in order to achieve maximum effectiveness as a result of fire strikes (see Military Thought, 1992, 1, pp. 40-45).

 At present, the likely adversary pays great attention to the creation of modern technologies in the field of military production in general and for the production of precision weapons in particular.

 The results of military operations in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 indicate that the use of precision weapons by the anti-Iranian coalition, whose share was no more than 10%, allowed the enemy to inflict losses corresponding to 90% of the total losses.

 This circumstance put forward the requirement to increase the survivability of combat forces and equipment, which, in turn, necessitated the search for sufficiently effective and economically feasible ways to protect against the effects of damaging elements of high-precision weapons, which reduce the combat effectiveness of their use.

 There is a known method of launching air-to-ground missiles on ground targets using special containers, which consists in delivering a fire attack on enemy ground military equipment with the goal of their physical destruction (see Foreign Military Review, 1992, 8, p. 84-86).

 There is also a method of protecting aircraft, described in the book Paly A.I. Electronic warfare. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1974, p. 217-218.

 However, in the field of protection of military equipment, in particular aircraft, from recognition by reconnaissance and guidance means using the radar method of detecting air targets, and from damage by ground-to-air missiles, this technology cannot be applied, since it is obvious that the application of the described the above method for the protection of aircraft is impossible due to the fact that aviation air-to-ground missiles have a completely different, unrelated to the proposed method of protecting aircraft technology before appointment.

 In addition, launches of combat aircraft missiles from an aircraft are a unmasking sign and contribute even more to the ability to detect and recognize it, fire and destroy it.

The ideas on which the invention is based are:
1) the use of inertia forces to “eject” specially designed metal-containing ingots from the transport container, designed to perform the functions of simulators (hereinafter referred to as “false air objects”), which are capable of reflecting electromagnetic waves and increasing their effective reflective surface by a specially developed method and technology to the parameters corresponding to the aerial manned aircraft;
2) the use of transforming ones that appear from the container and acquire an effective reflective surface that is adequate to the reflective surface of the aircraft, false targets to hide or make it difficult to identify the exact coordinates of the manned aircraft and its identification.

 The objective of the invention is to create a simple, economical and effective way to protect military equipment, in particular aircraft, from detection, recognition by reconnaissance and guidance of air-to-air missiles with the aim of destruction.

 This task was achieved by securing a container on the pylons of an aircraft for transportation of 20-30 false targets, "ejecting" all or part of the false targets, if necessary, to overcome a segment of airspace that is dangerous in terms of air resistance.

 Essence: a method of protecting aircraft, in which a container is fixed on the aircraft for storing and transporting false targets, the aircraft is flying at a predetermined height and speed, and false targets are shot from the container, which is fixed on the pylons of the aircraft, the neck plugs are opened during the flight container, carry out a sharp decrease in the speed of the aircraft, due to which there is an ejection of all or part of the false targets under the action of inertial forces, increase e ciency reflective surface decoys to the parameters of a manned aircraft, and hide among the last set of decoys.

 The invention "Aircraft protection method and device for its implementation" is illustrated in the drawing, where: 1 - aircraft; 2 - a transport container for storing and transporting simulators of airborne objects (false targets); 3 - simulator of an air object (false target); 4 - simulator of an air object after the "discharge" of their transport container.

 Aircraft 1 industrial production.

 The transport container for storing and transporting false targets 2 of a special design is made of light metal of cylindrical shape, plastic or composite materials. Inside there are cylindrical necks designed to accommodate simulators of airborne objects (false targets). In the front of the structure there are plugs for cylindrical necks having actuators for opening and closing them.

 The simulator of an air object (false target) 3 is a telescopic metal-containing structure with additional fractions of a metallized foil.

 As a result of the opening of the plugs of the necks of the transport container and a sharp slowdown in the flight of the carrier air vehicle, an inertial salvo or alternate “throwing out” of 20-30 false targets occurs. Under the influence of friction forces, telescopic structures and additional fractions of metallized foil of false targets straighten out.

 The pilot controlling the aircraft continues to fly under the cover of many false targets, which makes it possible for him not to be reliably identified by radar stations and reduces the likelihood of shelling a true air target, which is an air vehicle, by 20-30 times.

 A device for protecting aircraft, containing a transport container for storing and transporting false targets, mounted on the aircraft and made in the form of a cylinder of light metal, plastic or composite materials with cylindrical mouths located in it, in the front of which are plugs with drives for them opening and closing, and each false target is made in the form of a telescopic metal-containing structure with additional fractions of metallized foil with the possibility of NOSTA its ejection from the container under the action of inertial forces and increase the effective reflective surface due to the telescopic extension and disclosing additional fraction of metallized foil.

 When implementing the method of protecting aviation military equipment from recognition by reconnaissance and guidance tools using the radar method of detecting airborne objects, the probability of reliable detection of a true air target against the background of many false ones decreases, which leads to a decrease in the probability of its destruction, according to studies and laboratory tests, depending on environmental conditions and other factors, from 30 to 90%.

 Based on this, with a high degree of certainty, it can be argued that 30 to 90 units of 100 out of 100 airborne vehicles will remain operational, which will be destroyed without the proposed protection measures.

 The economic effect is obvious, since it is a product of the cost of the same types of military equipment saved from destruction by their number and the sum of the products of the cost characteristics of different types of weapons.

Claims (2)

 1. A method of protecting aircraft, in which a container is fixed on the aircraft for storing and transporting false targets, the aircraft is flown at a predetermined height and speed and false targets are shot from the container, characterized in that said container is mounted on the pylons of the aircraft, during the flight, open the caps of the neck of the container, carry out a sharp decrease in the speed of the aircraft, due to which there is an ejection of all or part of the false targets under the influence of tional forces, increase the effective reflective surface decoys to the parameters of a manned aircraft, and hide among the last set of decoys.  2. A device for protecting aircraft, containing a transport container for storing and transporting false targets, mounted on an aircraft, characterized in that said container is made of a cylindrical shape made of light metal, plastic or composite materials with cylindrical necks located in it, in front which are equipped with plugs with actuators for opening and closing, and each false target is made in the form of a telescopic metal-containing structure with additional fractions of metallized foil with the possibility of its ejection from the container under the action of inertial forces and increase the effective reflective surface due to telescopic extension and disclosure of additional fractions of metallized foil.