Interception of Ballistic Targets

Abstract

Intercepting an incoming artillery or mortar round is receiving interest as an area-protection mechanism. A problem has been that estimation, based on 6-DOF equations for both the incoming round and the interceptor round or missile, is too time consuming from a computational perspective. This report presents a basic simulation in MATLAB that is used to find the maneuver control and the aimpoint or lead angle needed to intercept an incoming round. The method uses reduced dynamics flight models for the interceptor and the incoming round. Also, questions relating to the probability of a hit given a specific standard deviation and bias are addressed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA522197

Entities

People

  • Andrew A. Thompson

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Differential Equations
  • Distribution Functions
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Estimators
  • Filters
  • Interception
  • Kalman Filters
  • Lead Angle
  • Maneuvers
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Military Research
  • Probability
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Trajectories

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