Warhead triggering in target-tracking guided missiles

US6584906B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bodenseewerk Gerätetechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Hartmann · Überlingen, DE
• Thomas Schilli · Frickingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 8, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 1, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42C13/00
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for triggering a warhead in a target-tracking guided missile. The guided missile has an impact fuse and a proximity fuse for triggering detonation of the warhead. The invention triggers the warhead such that the damage caused to the target, such as an enemy fighter aircraft, becomes maximal. To this end, the miss disdance is predicted from influencing variabled detected during the flight of the guided missile. The warhead triggering delay time of the proximity fuse is set dependent on the predicted miss distance to achieve such maximum damage.