Central Research Project Report on Superconductivity (FY 1988). Part 2. Magnetic Field Gradiometer Tank Seeker

Abstract

A feasibility study is described herein for the use of a magnetic field gradiometer SQUID sensor, as a tank seeker and guidance system. It was determined that an antitank missile could be guided by a gradiometer to the target if delivered into a 300-meter bucket with the tank at the center. Problems of ambiguity, multiple targets and decoys, both deliberate and accidental, are discussed with numerical examples.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA234901

Entities

People

  • Bohdan Balko
  • Jeffrey F. Nicoll
  • Karen K. Garcia

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Anti-Tank Weapons
  • Countermeasures
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dipole Moments
  • High Temperature
  • Magnetic Dipoles
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Materials
  • Magnetic Moments
  • Magnetization
  • Magnetometers
  • Magnets
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Noise

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology
  • Theoretical Analysis.