Trajectory tracking and backfitting techniques against theater ballistic missiles
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Authors
Hutchins, Robert G.
Britt, Patrick T.
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1999-10
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SPIE
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Abstract
Since the SCUD launches in the Gulf War, theater ballistic missile (TBM) systems have become a growing
concern for the US military. Detection, fast track initiation, backfitting for launch point determination, and tracking and
engagement during boost phase or shortly after booster cutoff are goals that grow in importance with the proliferation cI
weapons of mass destruction. This paper focuses on track initiation and backfitting techniques, as well as extending some
earlier results on tracking a ThM during boost phase cutoff. Results indicate that Kalman techniques are superior to third
order polynomial extrapolations in estimating the launch point, and that some knowledge of missile parameters, especially
thrust, is extremely helpful in track initiation.
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.364053
SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States
SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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6 p.
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Robert G. Hutchins, Patrick T. Britt, "Trajectory tracking and backfitting
techniques against theater ballistic missiles," Proc. SPIE 3809, Signal and
Data Processing of Small Targets 1999, (4 October 1999); 532-536
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.