Reentry Vehicle Fratricide Constraints on Attack Planning,

Abstract

At the present time, reentry vehicle (RV) fractricide can be a constraint in multi-burst (N-ON-1) attack planning involving an array of hard targets, such as a minuteman wing. If, however, total attack time, time on target, and other constraints of an operational nature can be met, it would appear that RV fratricide can be eliminated for 2-on-1 attacks. With continued improvements in RV accuracy, the constraints associated with mult-burst attack may ultimately become inconsequential. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 20, 1978
Accession Number
ADA088843

Entities

People

  • James F. Moulton Jr

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Army
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Environment
  • Explosion Effects
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Height Of Burst
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Particle Size
  • Radiation
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Space Systems
  • Trajectories
  • Weapons

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  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Missile Defense Systems.