Accession Number:

AD0850771

Title:

Optimum Intercept Law: Part II.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING LAB REDSTONE ARSENAL AL AER OBALLISTICS DIRECTORATE

Personal Author(s):

• Dickson, Richard E.

Report Date:

1968-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

The optimum intercept and injection laws for accelerating targets in three dimensions are presented. Control is based upon predicted miss and the predicted time to closest approach. The special case where prediction is based on only relative displacement and velocity is compared with proportional navigation, line of sight, and pursuit intercept laws. Author

Descriptors:

• *INTERCEPTION PROBABILITIES
• *ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS
• OPTIMIZATION
• INTERCEPT TRAJECTORIES
• GUIDED MISSILE TARGETS
• GUIDED MISSILE TRAJECTORIES
• ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSE SYSTEMS
• MISS DISTANCE
• PURSUIT COURSES
• COUNTERMEASURES
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION
• TAYLORS SERIES
• GUIDANCE
• CONTROL SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Antimissile Defense Systems
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE