GB1294081A - Missile command systems - Google Patents

Missile command systems

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GB1294081A
GB1294081A GB2584/66A GB258466A GB1294081A GB 1294081 A GB1294081 A GB 1294081A GB 2584/66 A GB2584/66 A GB 2584/66A GB 258466 A GB258466 A GB 258466A GB 1294081 A GB1294081 A GB 1294081A
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missile
unit
radiation
mirror
detector
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US Department of Army
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G7/00—Direction control systems for self-propelled missiles
    • F41G7/20—Direction control systems for self-propelled missiles based on continuous observation of target position
    • F41G7/30—Command link guidance systems
    • F41G7/301—Details
    • F41G7/303—Sighting or tracking devices especially provided for simultaneous observation of the target and of the missile
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S3/00—Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received
    • G01S3/78—Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
    • G01S3/782—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction
    • G01S3/787—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction using rotating reticles producing a direction-dependent modulation characteristic
    • G01S3/788—Systems for determining direction or deviation from predetermined direction using rotating reticles producing a direction-dependent modulation characteristic producing a frequency modulation characteristic

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)

Abstract

1294081 Guided missiles; war rockets USA ARMY SECRETARY OF 19 Jan 1966 [19 July 1965] 2584/66 Headings F3A and F3C A wire or radio guided missile 1 is automatically steered towards a target 3 by a missile tracking unit 13 which detects infrared radiation from a sodium flare 4 attached to the missile, this unit being mounted together with a telescope 15 on a stock 17. In use, the crosswires of the telescope are maintained on the target. The unit 13 includes, Fig. 4, a cassegrain optical system having a mirror 47 which reflects radiation from the flare 4'on to a skewed mirror 49 driven by a motor unit 65. Radiation from the mirror 49 reaches an IR detector 57 through a fixed chopper reticule 51, Fig. 5, so that the detector has an A.C. output. For a missile off axis, the radiation image describes an off-centre circle 84 in the reticule 51 and the detector output is modulated. This output is amplified at 21 and demodulated at 23 to produce a signal 82 in the form of a frequencymodulated/carrier wave. This signal 82 is fed to a network 25 where it is compared with a reference signal derived from a reference signal generator integral with the motor unit 65. The outputs 86, 87 from the network 25 are supplied through azimuth and elevation channels to the missile dynamics 40 to control the missile. Firing of the missile 1 from a launcher 7 is controlled by a trigger 11.
GB2584/66A 1965-07-19 1966-01-19 Missile command systems Expired GB1294081A (en)

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US473572A US3366346A (en) 1965-07-19 1965-07-19 Remote missile command system

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GB1294081A true GB1294081A (en) 1972-10-25

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Cited By (2)

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GB2302224A (en) * 1982-07-30 1997-01-08 Secr Defence Gun-launched guided projectile system
GB2302224B (en) * 1982-07-30 1997-07-02 Secr Defence Gun-launched guided projectile system

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