Test Methods for Short-Range Lethality Evaluation of Full-Scale Hypersonic Kinetic-Energy Missiles

Abstract

Lethality evaluation tests of anti-armor missile systems require flight-test of tactical missiles against threat targets under highly controlled impact conditions. Variables such as terminal dive angle, impact velocity, missile orientation at impact, hit-point on the target, and shot-line through the target all must be carefully controlled and documented to properly evaluate and analyze the damage caused and extrapolate this data to other impact conditions. Development missile systems have difficulty achieving control of the impact conditions at early stages in the program due to immature or nonexistent missile guidance technologies and hardware.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA432906

Entities

People

  • G. L. Johnson
  • J. L. Morton
  • L. M. Brooks

Organizations

  • United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Captive Tests
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Dynamics
  • Energy
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Impact Tests
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Materials
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Shock
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow