Defense system
US8674276B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B15/10
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An exo-atmospheric intercepting method for intercepting in space multiple objects, including acquiring and tracking multiple inflated objects which fly towards a protected territory. The method further includes launching an interceptor missile accommodating a plurality of kill vehicles each hosting a plurality of punching objects and classifying the multiple objects into clusters. In respect of each cluster of objects, determining an ejection condition responsive to meeting of which a kill vehicle is ejected from the interceptor missile towards the cluster of objects and thereafter releasing from the kill vehicle a plurality of punching objects such that every inflated object in the cluster is likely, with a high degree of certainty, to be punched by one or more punching objects.
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