Defense system for discriminating between objects in space
US4817495A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 1986 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41G5/08
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A defense system and a method for discriminating between armed re-entry vehicles and unarmed objects which are in close proximity of each other. The re-entry vehicles and the unarmed objects are bathed in a cloud of relativistic electrons with the resulting signatures from heavy objects, i.e., re-entry vehicles, being imaged directly. Detectors sense the location and identify of the re-entry vehicles and passes this information onto a weapons platform for tracking and interception.
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