Review of Development of IR Guidance Techniques, Part 2,

Abstract

As indicated in the mideast wars and the Gulf War, new combat craft, principal warships, as well as tanks and armored vehicles with offensive and defensive capabilities will still be the most important weapon systems in the three branches of the armed services in future wars. Therefore, it is unavoidable to develop precision-guided weapons against air, against ships, and against tanks. In particular, since the unprecedented progress of fire-control systems, mobility, and defense capability (especially the emergence and applications of reactive armor and composite ceramic armor) of tanks, for a long period into the future tanks will certainly still assume the main role in ground combat. Therefore, the development of various types of antitank missiles to cope with tanks, armor, and tank clusters at different distances, as well as attacks on in-depth targets, naturally antitank missiles receive greater attention. Up to now, three generations of antitank missiles have been developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309731

Entities

People

  • Feng Chitao

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Dual Mode
  • Electronic Equipment
  • False Targets
  • Fire And Forget Weapons
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Guidance
  • Millimeter Waves
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Terminal Guidance
  • Warfare

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  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Strategic Security Studies