Tracking and identification of distant missiles by remote sounding

Military operations require early warning and identification of theater ballistic missiles (TBM) while they are yet at low altitude. TBMs can operate in vast areas denied to current radar and IR surveillance systems. A form of single sensor or monocular passive ranging (MPR) may make possible TBM tr...

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Hauptverfasser: Draper, J.S., Perlman, S., Chuang, C.K., Hanson, M., Lillard, L., Hibbeln, B., Sene, D.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Military operations require early warning and identification of theater ballistic missiles (TBM) while they are yet at low altitude. TBMs can operate in vast areas denied to current radar and IR surveillance systems. A form of single sensor or monocular passive ranging (MPR) may make possible TBM tracking in the lower atmosphere from space with simplified, less costly systems utilizing fewer sensors. MPR, a multi-band IR process exploiting atmospheric differential spectral attenuation, has been initially verified by airborne and overhead data. A method, using MPR and trajectory estimation procedures, is described that extracts three dimensional (3D) TBM trajectories.
DOI:10.1109/AERO.1999.792101