Ground-Based Portable Miniature Interceptor for Cruise Missile Defense,

Abstract

A ground-based Portable Miniature Interceptor weapon system has been conceptualized to fulfill the important mission of killing/negating cruise missiles in flight. A preliminary PMI design concept offers a weapon weighing under 150 pounds with an approximately hemispherical intercept volume having a diameter of about 10 miles. The paper describes the CONOPS, PMI design, component characteristics and packaging, and performance against cruise missiles in a representative mission scenario.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA319966

Entities

People

  • Noel A. Thyson
  • Robert J. Flaherty
  • Ven H. Shui

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Detectors
  • Explosively Formed Penetrators
  • Ground Based
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Kill Vehicles
  • Navigation
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Standards
  • Trajectories
  • Warheads
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Missile Defense Systems.