Sample records for missiles

  1. Advanced missile technology. A review of technology improvement areas for cruise missiles. [including missile design, missile configurations, and aerodynamic characteristics

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Cronvich, L. L.; Liepman, H. P.

    1979-01-01

    Technology assessments in the areas of aerodynamics, propulsion, and structures and materials for cruise missile systems are discussed. The cruise missiles considered cover the full speed, altitude, and target range. The penetrativity, range, and maneuverability of the cruise missiles are examined and evaluated for performance improvements.

  2. Missile Misdistance Reduction: An Instructive Methodology for Developing Terminal Guidance Control Systems to Minimize Missile Misdistance.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-10-01

    ZHTAM NORMAS IZED MISSILE*S DISPLACEMENT OFF-L.O.S * NCAACC NORMALIZED MISSILE’S ACCELERATION &YAN TAM "(I/(I-N(K) ))*(I-TIMEI*flL-TIMEJ**(N(KI-)--I...Interceptor Missiles, April 1976. 8. George, L. C., "Missile Guidance and Control System De- sign Trends," SAE paper, National Aerospace Engineering and

  3. Cardiac missiles. A review of the literature and personal experience.

    PubMed Central

    Symbas, P N; Picone, A L; Hatcher, C R; Vlasis-Hale, S E

    1990-01-01

    The management of retained missiles in the heart is still controversial. In an attempt to define the issue more clearly, the reported cases in the English literature from 1940 to 1988 (group 1) and our experience from 1968 to 1988 (group 2) were reviewed. In group 1 there were 222 missiles retained in the hearts of 201 patients. The retained missiles were 45 bullets in 45 patients, 109 shrapnel in 99 patients, 18 pellets in 7 patients, and 50 unidentified missiles in 50 patients. Thirteen of the missiles were completely embedded intramyocardial missiles, 122 were partially intramyocardial, 47 were free in a cardiac chamber, and 40 were intrapericardial. One hundred four of the missiles were removed and 118 were left in place. In group 2 there were 24 missiles, 18 bullets, 1 bullet fragment, and 5 pellets retained in the hearts of 24 patients. Ten missiles were removed, no attempt was made in 13 patients, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to remove one other. From group 1 patients, 6 died, 2 with intracavitary missiles, 3 patients with partially intramyocardial, and 1 patient with an intrapericardial missile, all of whom had either unsuccessful or no attempt to remove the missile. Twenty-seven patients had symptoms, all of whom, except two, had either unsuccessful or no attempt to remove the missile. All group 2 patients did well and had been free of symptoms related to the missiles. This review suggests that the management of missiles in the heart should be individualized according to the patient's clinical course, the site, shape, and size of the missile, and that in selected patients missiles in the heart are tolerated well. PMID:2187422

  4. Cardiac missiles. A review of the literature and personal experience.

    PubMed

    Symbas, P N; Picone, A L; Hatcher, C R; Vlasis-Hale, S E

    1990-05-01

    The management of retained missiles in the heart is still controversial. In an attempt to define the issue more clearly, the reported cases in the English literature from 1940 to 1988 (group 1) and our experience from 1968 to 1988 (group 2) were reviewed. In group 1 there were 222 missiles retained in the hearts of 201 patients. The retained missiles were 45 bullets in 45 patients, 109 shrapnel in 99 patients, 18 pellets in 7 patients, and 50 unidentified missiles in 50 patients. Thirteen of the missiles were completely embedded intramyocardial missiles, 122 were partially intramyocardial, 47 were free in a cardiac chamber, and 40 were intrapericardial. One hundred four of the missiles were removed and 118 were left in place. In group 2 there were 24 missiles, 18 bullets, 1 bullet fragment, and 5 pellets retained in the hearts of 24 patients. Ten missiles were removed, no attempt was made in 13 patients, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to remove one other. From group 1 patients, 6 died, 2 with intracavitary missiles, 3 patients with partially intramyocardial, and 1 patient with an intrapericardial missile, all of whom had either unsuccessful or no attempt to remove the missile. Twenty-seven patients had symptoms, all of whom, except two, had either unsuccessful or no attempt to remove the missile. All group 2 patients did well and had been free of symptoms related to the missiles. This review suggests that the management of missiles in the heart should be individualized according to the patient's clinical course, the site, shape, and size of the missile, and that in selected patients missiles in the heart are tolerated well.

  5. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Wilbeck, J.S.

    Ten 1/11-scale model turbine-missile-impact tests were conducted at the Naval Air Propulsion Center under the supervision of Southwest Research Institute. These tests were conducted in support of the EPRI program to assess turbine-missile effects in nuclear plant design. The objective of the tests was to determine the effects of missile spin, blade crush, and target edge conditions on the impact of turbine disk fragments on the steel casing. The burst of a modified gas-turbine rotor in a high-speed spin chamber provided three missiles with the proper rotational and translational velocities of actual steam-turbine fragments. Tests of unbladed, spinning missiles weremore » compared with previous tests of unbladed, nonspinning missiles. The total residual energy of the spinning missiles was the same as that of the nonspinning missiles launched in a piercing orientation. Tests with bladed missiles showed that for equal burst speeds, the residual energy of bladed missiles is less than that of unbladed missiles.« less

  6. Ground-Based Missile Defense (National Missile Defense): Is It Feasible?

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2004-03-19

    Westview Press), 191. 47 Ibid. 192. 48 Dr. Nicholas Berry, National Missile Defense: What Does It All Mean ? National Missile Defense: Views from Asia...153. 18 19 BIBLIOGRAPHY Berry, Nicholas. National Missile Defense: What Does It All Mean ? National Missile Defense: Views from Asia, Center for

  7. Civilian casualties of Iranian cities by ballistic missile attacks during the Iraq-Iran war (1980-1988).

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    Khaji, Ali; Fallahdoost, Shoaodin; Soroush, Mohammad Reza

    2010-04-01

    To determine the nature and extent of Iranian casualties by ballistic missile attacks during the eight years of the Iraq-Iran war. The data collected about Iraqi missile strikes on Iranian cities included the following: date and time, number and type of missiles, cities targeted, and injuries and deaths resulting from impacts of missiles in civilian areas. The data were extracted from a database that was constructed by the army staff headquarters based on daily reports of Iranian army units during the war. Over a period of eight years (1980-1988), Iraqi army fired 533 ballistic missiles at Iranian territories. From those, 414 missiles (77.7%) landed on Iranian cities. The impacts of these missiles caused the deaths of 2,312 civilians and injured 11,625 others. Three types of ballistic missiles were used: FROG-7, Scud, and Al-Hussein (a modified version of the Scud missile). Twenty-seven cities in Iran were struck by Iraqi ballistic missiles. The highest mortalities from ballistic missiles were in Dezful and Tehran. Iraqi missile attacks continued for 90 months (2,748 days). Our results point to the necessity of investigating the psychological consequences of Iraqi ballistic missile attacks among survivors in 27 Iranian cities during the eight years of the Iraq-Iran war.

  8. The analysis of a generic air-to-air missile simulation model

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Kaplan, Joseph A.; Chappell, Alan R.; Mcmanus, John W.

    1994-01-01

    A generic missile model was developed to evaluate the benefits of using a dynamic missile fly-out simulation system versus a static missile launch envelope system for air-to-air combat simulation. This paper examines the performance of a launch envelope model and a missile fly-out model. The launch envelope model bases its probability of killing the target aircraft on the target aircraft's position at the launch time of the weapon. The benefits gained from a launch envelope model are the simplicity of implementation and the minimal computational overhead required. A missile fly-out model takes into account the physical characteristics of the missile as it simulates the guidance, propulsion, and movement of the missile. The missile's probability of kill is based on the missile miss distance (or the minimum distance between the missile and the target aircraft). The problems associated with this method of modeling are a larger computational overhead, the additional complexity required to determine the missile miss distance, and the additional complexity of determining the reason(s) the missile missed the target. This paper evaluates the two methods and compares the results of running each method on a comprehensive set of test conditions.

  9. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Canavan, G.H.

    This note derives the first and second strike magnitudes and costs for strikes between vulnerable missile forces with multiple warheads. The extension to mixes with invulnerable missiles is performed in a companion note. Stability increases as the number of weapons per missile is reduced. The optimal allocation of weapons between missiles and value is significant in predicting the stability impact of the reduction of the number of weapons per missile at large numbers of missiles, less significant in reducing the number of missiles for fixed weapons per missile. At low numbers of missiles, the stability indices for singlet and tripletmore » configurations are comparable, as are the number of weapons each would deliver on value targets.« less

  10. Historical review of missile aerodynamic developments

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Spearman, M. Leroy

    1989-01-01

    The development of missiles from early history up to about 1970 is discussed. Early unpowered missiles beyond the rock include the spear, the bow and arrow, the gun and bullet, and the cannon and projectile. Combining gunpowder with projectiles resulted in the first powered missiles. In the early 1900's, the development of guided missiles was begun. Significant advances in missile technology were made by German scientists during World War II. The dispersion of these advances to other countries following the war resulted in accelerating the development of guided missiles. In the late 1940's and early 1950's there was a proliferation in the development of missile systems in many countries. These developments were based primarily on experimental work and on relatively crude analytical techniques. Discussed here are some of the missile systems that were developed up to about 1970; some of the problems encountered; the development of an experimental data base for use with missiles; and early efforts to develop analytical methods applicable to missiles.

  11. Ballistic Missile Intercept from UCAV

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-12-01

    aerodynamic forces acting on the ballistic missile , generates a ballistic flight path of the ballistic missile target based on the model developed by...for use against ballistic missile targets) [14] Hutchins, R., ME4703 “ Missile Flight Analysis ” Course Notes, Spring 2005. [15] Stevens, B., and...NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA THESIS Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited BALLISTIC MISSILE

  12. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    VANNONI, MICHAEL G.; BIRINGER, KENT L.; TROST, LAWRENCE C.

    Missiles are attractive weapon systems because of their flexibility, survivability, and relatively low cost. Consequently, many nations are seeking to build missile forces resulting in regional arms races. Missile forces can be both stabilizing (e.g., providing a survivable force for deterrence) and destabilizing (e.g., creating strategic asymmetries). Efforts to control missile proliferation must account for these effects. A number of strategies to control the destabilizing effects of missiles were developed during the Cold War. Some of these strategies are applicable to regional missile control but new approaches, tailored to regional geographic and security conditions, are needed. Regional missile nonproliferation canmore » be pursued in a variety of ways: Reducing the demand for missiles by decreasing the perception of national threats; Restricting the export of missiles and associated equipment by supplier countries; Restricting information describing missile technology; Limiting missile development activities such as flight or engine tests; Restricting the operational deployment of existing missile forces; and Reducing existing missile forces by number and/or type. Even when development is complete, limits on deployment within range of potential targets or limits on operational readiness can help stabilize potential missile confrontations. Implementing these strategies often involves the collection and exchange of information about activities related to missile development or deployment. Monitoring is the process of collecting information used to for subsequent verification of commitments. A systematic approach to implementing verification is presented that identifies areas where monitoring could support missile nonproliferation agreements. The paper presents both non-technical and technical techniques for monitoring. Examples of non-technical techniques are declarations about planned test launches or on-site inspections. Examples of technical monitoring include remote monitoring (i.e., a sensor that is physically present at a facility) and remote sensing (i.e., a sensor that records activity without being physically present at a facility).« less

  13. Aerodynamics of powered missile separation from F/A-18 aircraft

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    Ahmad, J. U.; Shanks, S. P.; Buning, P. G.

    1993-01-01

    A 3D dynamic 'chimera' algorithm that solves the thin-layer Navier-Stokes equations over multiple moving bodies was modified to numerically simulate the aerodynamics, missile dynamics, and missile plume interactions of a missile separating from a generic wing and from an F/A-18 aircraft in transonic flow. The missile is mounted below the wing for missile separation from the wing and on the F/A-18 fuselage at the engine inlet side for missile separation from aircraft. Static and powered missile separation cases are considered to examine the influence of the missile and plume on the wing and F/A-18 fuselage and engine inlet. The aircraft and missile are at two degrees angle of attack, Reynolds number of 10 million, freestream Mach number of 1.05 and plume Mach number of 3.0. The computational results show the details of the flow field.

  14. Tactical missile aerodynamics

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    Hemsch, Michael J. (Editor); Nielsen, Jack N. (Editor)

    1986-01-01

    The present conference on tactical missile aerodynamics discusses autopilot-related aerodynamic design considerations, flow visualization methods' role in the study of high angle-of-attack aerodynamics, low aspect ratio wing behavior at high angle-of-attack, supersonic airbreathing propulsion system inlet design, missile bodies with noncircular cross section and bank-to-turn maneuvering capabilities, 'waverider' supersonic cruise missile concepts and design methods, asymmetric vortex sheding phenomena from bodies-of-revolution, and swept shock wave/boundary layer interaction phenomena. Also discussed are the assessment of aerodynamic drag in tactical missiles, the analysis of supersonic missile aerodynamic heating, the 'equivalent angle-of-attack' concept for engineering analysis, the vortex cloud model for body vortex shedding and tracking, paneling methods with vorticity effects and corrections for nonlinear compressibility, the application of supersonic full potential method to missile bodies, Euler space marching methods for missiles, three-dimensional missile boundary layers, and an analysis of exhaust plumes and their interaction with missile airframes.

  15. Aerodynamics of powered missile separation from a wing

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Shanks, S. P.; Ahmad, J. U.

    1991-01-01

    A 3D dynamic 'chimera' algorithm that solves the thin-layer Navier-Stokes equations over multiple moving bodies was modified to numerically simulate the aerodynamics, missile dynamics, and missile plume of a finless missile separating from a wing in transonic flow. A powered missile separation case was considered to examine the influence of the missile and plume on the wing. The wing and missile is at a two degree angle of attack. The computational results show the details of the flow field.

  16. Missile aerodynamics; Proceedings of the Conference, Monterey, CA, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 1988

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Mendenhall, M.R.; Nixon, D.; Dillenius, M.F.E.

    1989-01-01

    The present conference discusses the development status of predictive capabilities for missile aerodynamic characteristics, the application of experimental techniques to missile-release problems, prospective high-performance missile designs, the use of lateral jet controls for missile guidance, and the integration of stores on modern tactical aircraft. Also discussed are semiempirical aerodynamic methods for preliminary design, high angle-of-attack behavior for an advanced missile, and the dynamic derivatives of missiles and fighter-type configurations at high angles-of-attack.

  17. Alternatives for Boost-Phase Missile Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2004-07-01

    NFIRE ) to better understand the characteristics of that signature for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The information that NFIRE might...ballistic missile Isp: specific impulse kg: kilogram km: kilometer MDA: Missile Defense Agency NFIRE : Near-Field Infrared Experiment NMD: national missile

  18. VIEW OF SECOND LEVEL OF MISSILE LAB WITH MISSILE TUBE ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    VIEW OF SECOND LEVEL OF MISSILE LAB WITH MISSILE TUBE WITH HATCH ON LEFT AND CONTROL PANEL ON RIGHT. VIEW FACING SOUTHEAST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  19. Tactical missile aerodynamics - General topics. Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics. Vol. 141

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Hemsch, M.J.

    1992-01-01

    The present volume discusses the development history of tactical missile airframes, aerodynamic considerations for autopilot design, a systematic method for tactical missile design, the character and reduction of missile observability by radar, the visualization of high angle-of-attack flow phenomena, and the behavior of low aspect ratio wings at high angles of attack. Also discussed are airbreathing missile inlets, 'waverider' missile configurations, bodies with noncircular cross-sections and bank-to-turn missiles, asymmetric flow separation and vortex shedding on bodies-of-revolution, unsteady missile flows, swept shock-wave/boundary-layer interactions, pylon carriage and separation of stores, and internal stores carriage and separation.

  20. 3. View from missile site control building (southeast to northwest) ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    3. View from missile site control building (southeast to northwest) of missile launch area showing universal missile building on left and warhead handling building in background. - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

  1. 2. Missile transfer building, interior, transporter/erector on left, storage and ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    2. Missile transfer building, interior, transporter/erector on left, storage and shipping container, ballistic missile (SSCBM) containing minuteman II missile on right - Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Missile Roll Transfer Building, 920 Kennedy Road, Interior, Jackson County, SD

  2. Historical development of worldwide guided missiles

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Spearman, M. L.

    1983-01-01

    The development of missiles from early history to present time is put in perspective. The influence of World War II in accelerating the development of guided missiles, particularly through German scientists, is discussed. The dispersion of German scientists to other countries and the coupling of their work with native talent to develop guide missiles is traced. Particular emphasis is placed on the evolution of the missile in the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Since the Soviets possess what is probably the world's most complete array of dedicated missile system types, their known inventory is reviewed. Some philosophical observations of missile design trends and missile purposes are made as related to the interests of various countries.

  3. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Mendenhall, M.R.

    The present volume discusses tactical missile aerodynamic drag, drag-prediction methods for axisymmetric missile bodies, an aerodynamic heating analysis for supersonic missiles, a component buildup method for engineering analysis of missiles at low-to-high angles of attack, experimental and analytical methods for missiles with noncircular fuselages, and a vortex-cloud model for body vortex shedding and tracking. Also discussed are panel methods with vorticity effects and corrections for nonlinear compressibility, supersonic full-potential methods for missile body analysis, space-marching Euler solvers, the time-asymptotic Euler/Navier-Stokes methods for subsonic and transonic flows, 3D boundary layers on missiles, Navier-Stokes analyses of flows over slender airframes, and themore » interaction of exhaust plumes with missile airframes.« less

  4. Recent Events in Guidance, Navigation and Control

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Polites, Michael E.; Bullman, Jack (Technical Monitor)

    2001-01-01

    This article summarizes recent events in Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) in space, weapons and missiles, and aircraft. The section on space includes recent developments with the following NASA spacecraft and space vehicles: Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous, Deep Space 1, Microwave Anisotropy Probe, Earth Observer-1, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the International Space Station, X-38, and X-40A. The section on weapons and missiles includes recent developments with the following missiles: Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, Storm Shadow/Scalp EG precision standoff missile, Hellfire missile, AIM-120C Advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, Derby missile, Arrow 2, and the Standard Missile SM-3. The section on aircraft includes recent developments with the following aircraft: Joint Strike Fighter, X-31, V-22, Couger/SUDer Puma Mk. 2, Predator B 001, and the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle.

  5. Missiles in the cardiovascular system.

    PubMed

    Symbas, P N; Symbas, P J

    1997-05-01

    A missile in the cardiovascular system is a rare complication of a projectile wound. A missile in the heart should be suspected in the patient with a projectile wound of the thorax and in whom, on chest radiography, a missile is seen in the cardiac silhouette. A missile should be suspected in the patient with a projectile wound elsewhere with similar radiographic findings, no exit wound, and no missile in the area of injury. A missile in the arterial system should be suspected when no exit wound and no projectile are seen in the traumatized area. In such a case, radiography of the entire body should be done. The diagnosis of a suspected missile in the cardiovascular system is confirmed by echocardiography or angiography. Treatment should be individualized according to the clinical manifestations of the patient and the site of the missile.

  6. Options for Deploying Missile Defenses in Europe

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-02-01

    missile attacks from North Korea or Iran. The GMD system consists of interceptors (missiles designed to destroy other missiles) located at Fort Greely... location yet to be specified. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study—prepared at the request of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House...Options 57FiguresS-1. Components of the Options for European Missile Defenses and Their Locations xivS-2. Distances from a Potential Missile Launch

  7. 22 CFR 120.29 - Missile Technology Control Regime.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Missile Technology Control Regime. 120.29... DEFINITIONS § 120.29 Missile Technology Control Regime. (a) For purposes of this subchapter, Missile... sensitive missile-relevant transfers based on the MTCR Annex, and any amendments thereto. (b) The term MTCR...

  8. 22 CFR 120.29 - Missile Technology Control Regime.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Missile Technology Control Regime. 120.29... DEFINITIONS § 120.29 Missile Technology Control Regime. (a) For purposes of this subchapter, Missile... restrict sensitive missile-relevant transfers based on the MTCR Annex, and any amendments thereto; (b) The...

  9. 22 CFR 120.29 - Missile Technology Control Regime.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Missile Technology Control Regime. 120.29... DEFINITIONS § 120.29 Missile Technology Control Regime. (a) For purposes of this subchapter, Missile... restrict sensitive missile-relevant transfers based on the MTCR Annex, and any amendments thereto; (b) The...

  10. 22 CFR 120.29 - Missile Technology Control Regime.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Missile Technology Control Regime. 120.29... DEFINITIONS § 120.29 Missile Technology Control Regime. (a) For purposes of this subchapter, Missile... restrict sensitive missile-relevant transfers based on the MTCR Annex, and any amendments thereto; (b) The...

  11. 78 FR 6765 - Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revision of U.S. Munitions List...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-01-31

    ... revise Category IV (launch vehicles, guided missiles, ballistic missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs, and... revises USML Category IV (launch vehicles, guided missiles, ballistic missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs... missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs, and mines whose jurisdiction would be in doubt based on this revision...

  12. 15 CFR 742.5 - Missile technology.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Missile technology. 742.5 Section 742... BASED CONTROLS § 742.5 Missile technology. (a) License requirements. (1) In support of U.S. foreign... establish the existence of a contract. (d) Missile Technology Control Regime. Missile Technology Control...

  13. Missile Defense: Ballistic Missile Defense System Testing Delays Affect Delivery of Capabilities

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-04-28

    Page 1 GAO- 16 -339R Ballistic Missile Defense 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 April 28, 2016 Congressional Committees Missile Defense...Ballistic Missile Defense System Testing Delays Affect Delivery of Capabilities For over half a century , the Department of Defense (DOD) has been...81, § 232 (a) (2011). 2 GAO- 16 -339R Ballistic Missile Defense baselines, we analyzed the testing goals for selected elements, which are

  14. POLARIS MISSILE DISPLAY AT THE USS BOWFIN MUSEUM AT PEARL ...

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    POLARIS MISSILE DISPLAY AT THE USS BOWFIN MUSEUM AT PEARL HARBOR. POLARIS A1 MISSILE IS ON THE LEFT (IN FOREGROUND) AND POLARIS A3 MISSILE IS ON THE RIGHT. VIEW FACING SOUTHEAST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  15. Hardware-in-the-loop tow missile system simulator

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Waldman, G.S.; Wootton, J.R.; Hobson, G.L.

    1993-07-06

    A missile system simulator is described for use in training people for target acquisition, missile launch, and missile guidance under simulated battlefield conditions comprising: simulating means for producing a digital signal representing a simulated battlefield environment including at least one target movable therewithin, the simulating means generating an infrared map representing the field-of-view and the target; interface means for converting said digital signals to an infrared image; missile system hardware including the missile acquisition, tracking, and guidance portions thereof, said hardware sensing the infrared image to determine the location of the target in a field-of-view; and, image means for generatingmore » an infrared image of a missile launched at the target and guided thereto, the image means imposing the missile image onto the field-of-view for the missile hardware to acquire the image of the missile in addition to that of the target, and to generate guidance signals to guide the missile image to the target image, wherein the interfacing means is responsive to a guidance signal from the hardware to simulate, in real-time, the response of the missile to the guidance signal, the image means including a blackbody, laser means for irradiating the blackbody to heat it to a temperature at which it emits infrared radiation, and optic means for integrating the radiant image produced by heating the blackbody into the infrared map.« less

  16. 32 CFR 644.531 - Warning to public of danger in handling explosive missiles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... missiles. 644.531 Section 644.531 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY... explosive missiles. When any land which has been contaminated with explosive objects, or chemical/biological..., in the event of the discovery of an explosive missile, or an object resembling an explosive missile...

  17. 32 CFR 644.531 - Warning to public of danger in handling explosive missiles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... missiles. 644.531 Section 644.531 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY... explosive missiles. When any land which has been contaminated with explosive objects, or chemical/biological..., in the event of the discovery of an explosive missile, or an object resembling an explosive missile...

  18. 32 CFR 644.531 - Warning to public of danger in handling explosive missiles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... missiles. 644.531 Section 644.531 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY... explosive missiles. When any land which has been contaminated with explosive objects, or chemical/biological..., in the event of the discovery of an explosive missile, or an object resembling an explosive missile...

  19. 32 CFR 644.531 - Warning to public of danger in handling explosive missiles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... explosive missiles. 644.531 Section 644.531 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF... handling explosive missiles. When any land which has been contaminated with explosive objects, or chemical..., in the event of the discovery of an explosive missile, or an object resembling an explosive missile...

  20. 32 CFR 644.531 - Warning to public of danger in handling explosive missiles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... explosive missiles. 644.531 Section 644.531 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF... handling explosive missiles. When any land which has been contaminated with explosive objects, or chemical..., in the event of the discovery of an explosive missile, or an object resembling an explosive missile...

  1. 78 FR 76825 - 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

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    2013-12-19

    ... RF missiles, 91 TOW-2A Fly-to-Buy missiles, 49 TOW-2B Fly-to-Buy missiles, containers, spare and... missiles, containers, spare and repair parts, support equipment, tools and test equipment, publications and... launcher to track and guide the missile in flight. Guidance commands from the launcher are provided to the...

  2. Emerging national space launch programs: Economics and safeguards

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Chow, Brian G.

    Most ballistic missile nonproliferation studies have focused on trends in the numbers and performance of missiles and the resulting security threats. This report concentrates on the economic viability of emerging national space launch programs and the prospects for imposing effective safeguards against the use of space launch technology for military missiles. For the convenience of discussion in this report, a reference to ballistic missiles hereafter means surface-to-surface guided ballistic missiles only. Space launch vehicles (SLV's) are surface-to-space ballistic missiles, and they will be referred to explicitly as 'space launch vehicles' or 'space launchers'. Surface-to-surface unguided ballistic missiles will be referred to as 'rockets.'

  3. The expectation of applying IR guidance in medium range air-to-air missiles

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Li, Lijuan; Liu, Ke

    2016-10-01

    IR guidance has been widely used in near range dogfight air-to-air missiles while radar guidance is dominant in medium and long range air-to-air missiles. With the development of stealth airplanes and advanced electronic countermeasures, radar missiles have met with great challenges. In this article, the advantages and potential problems of applying IR guidance in medium range air-to-air missiles are analyzed. Approaches are put forward to solve the key technologies including depressing aerodynamic heating, increasing missiles' sensitivity and acquiring target after launch. IR medium range air-to-air missiles are predicted to play important role in modern battle field.

  4. Missile pulmonary embolus secondary to abdominal gunshot wound.

    PubMed

    Mctyre, Emory; McGill, Lee; Miller, Nessa

    2012-01-01

    Missile pulmonary emboli are rare sequelae of traumatic entry of projectile missiles-generally bullets or bullet fragments-in which access to the systemic venous circulation is established by the missile, making it possible for the missile to migrate to the pulmonary arteries. In the case introduced here, a 24-year-old male presented to the ER with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. In the early course of his care, it was determined that he had suffered a missile pulmonary embolus secondary to a large fragment of a bullet penetrating the IVC. Despite the large perfusion defect created by this missile embolus, the patient recovered uneventfully without embolectomy.

  5. Stackable In-Line Surface Missile Launch System for a Modular Payload Bay

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2004-11-08

    stacked modules 14 are connected 8 and sealed to form a single long continuous missile tube . 9 Flexible seals may be used at the base of each missile...vehicles, such as missiles, 22 both through vertical launch via specialized launch tubes on the 23 submarine, and horizontal launch via the submarine’s...torpedo 24 tubes . In some cases, the missiles are quite large, such as the 1 1 Tomahawk missile, which requires sufficient support for the 2 large

  6. 50 CFR 218.10 - Specified activity and specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ...) Underwater Explosives: (A) AGM-114 (Hellfire missile); (B) AGM-65 E/F (Maverick missile); (C) Mine... (an average of 12 per year); (B) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 350 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 70 per year); (C) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX...

  7. 50 CFR 218.20 - Specified activity and specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... Explosives: (A) AGM-114 (Hellfire missile); (B) Tube-launched Optically tracked Wire-guided (TOW) missile; (C...) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 40 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 8 per year); (C) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; TOW)—up to 40...

  8. 50 CFR 218.10 - Specified activity and specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ...) Underwater Explosives: (A) AGM-114 (Hellfire missile); (B) AGM-65 E/F (Maverick missile); (C) Mine... (an average of 12 per year); (B) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 350 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 70 per year); (C) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX...

  9. 50 CFR 218.20 - Specified activity and specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... Explosives: (A) AGM-114 (Hellfire missile); (B) Tube-launched Optically tracked Wire-guided (TOW) missile; (C...) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 40 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 8 per year); (C) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; TOW)—up to 40...

  10. 50 CFR 218.10 - Specified activity and specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ...) Underwater Explosives: (A) AGM-114 (Hellfire missile); (B) AGM-65 E/F (Maverick missile); (C) Mine... (an average of 12 per year); (B) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 350 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 70 per year); (C) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX...

  11. THIRD LEVEL OF MISSILE LAB (SECOND FLOOR OF BUILDING) SHOWING ...

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    THIRD LEVEL OF MISSILE LAB (SECOND FLOOR OF BUILDING) SHOWING MISSILE TUBE. VIEW FACING SOUTH - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  12. 50 CFR 218.10 - Specified activity and specified geographical area and effective dates.

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    2010-10-01

    ...) AGM-114 (Hellfire missile); (B) AGM-65 E/F (Maverick missile); (C) Mine Neutralization (20 lb NEW...) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 350 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 70 per year); (C) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Maverick)—up to 15...

  13. 77 FR 49436 - 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

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    ... Consideration for Purchase: 240 Block I Javelin Missiles, Command Launch Units (CLU) Missile Simulation Rounds... possible purchase of 240 Block I Javelin Missiles, Command Launch Units (CLU), Missile Simulation Rounds...

  14. 77 FR 49432 - 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

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    2012-08-16

    ...: 240 Block I Javelin Missiles, 60 Command Launch Units (CLU), Missile Simulation Rounds (MSR), Battery... purchase of 240 Block I Javelin Missiles, 60 Command Launch Units (CLU) Missile Simulation Rounds (MSR...

  15. 2. MISSILE ASSEMBLY BUILDING, RIGHT SIDE, LOOKING NORTH. NIKE ...

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    2. MISSILE ASSEMBLY BUILDING, RIGHT SIDE, LOOKING NORTH. - NIKE Missile Base C-84, Missile Test & Assembly Building, North of Launch Area Entrance Drive & east of Mess Hall, Barrington, Cook County, IL

  16. 17. Missile mural, third flight of stairs. Lyon Whiteman ...

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    17. Missile mural, third flight of stairs. Lyon - Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-12, Northeast of Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

  17. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Masuda, Y.; Chiba, N.; Matsuo, Y.

    This research proposes to investigate the impact behavior of the steel plate of BWR containment vessels against missiles, caused by the postulated catastrophic failure of components with a high kinetic energy. Although the probability of the occurrence of missiles inside and outside of containment vessels is extremely low, the following items are required to maintain the integrity of containment vessels: the probability of the occurrence of missiles, the weight and energy of missiles, and the impact behavior of containment vessel steel plate against postulated missiles. In connection with the third item, an actualscale missile test was conducted. In addition, amore » computation analysis was performed to confirm the impact behavior against the missiles, in order to search for wide applicability to the various kinds of postulated missiles. This research tries to derive a new empirical formula which carries out the assessment of the integrity of containment vessels.« less

  18. Redstone Missile

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    2004-01-01

    The image depicts Redstone missile being erected. The Redstone ballistic missile was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile developed by Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Alabama, under the direction of Dr. von Braun. The Redstone engine was a modified and improved version of the Air Force's Navaho cruise missile engine of the late forties. The A-series, as this would be known, utilized a cylindrical combustion chamber as compared with the bulky, spherical V-2 chamber. By 1951, the Army was moving rapidly toward the design of the Redstone missile, and the production was begun in 1952. Redstone rockets became the 'reliable workhorse' for America's early space program. As an example of the versatility, Redstone was utilized in the booster for Explorer 1, the first American satellite, with no major changes to the engine or missile

  19. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Hatchell, Brian K.; Mauss, Fredrick J.; Santiago-Rojas, Emiliano

    Military missiles are exposed to many sources of mechanical vibration that can affect system reliability, safety, and mission effectiveness. One of the most significant exposures to vibration occurs when the missile is being carried by an aviation platform, which is a condition known as captive carry. If the duration of captive carry exposure could be recorded during the missile’s service life, several advantages could be realized. Missiles that have been exposed to durations outside the design envelop could be flagged or screened for maintenance or inspection; lightly exposed missiles could be selected for critical mission applications; and missile allocation tomore » missions could be based on prior use to avoid overuse. The U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) has been developing health monitoring systems to assess and improve reliability of missiles during storage and field exposures. Under the direction of AMRDEC staff, engineers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a Captive Carry Health Monitor (CCHM) for the HELLFIRE II missile. The CCHM is an embedded usage monitoring device installed on the outer skin of the HELLFIRE II missile to record the cumulative hours the host missile has been in captive carry mode and thereby assess the overall health of the missile. This paper provides an overview of the CCHM electrical and package design, describes field testing and data analysis techniques used to identify captive carry, and discusses the potential application of missile health and usage data for real-time reliability analysis and fleet management.« less

  20. OVERVIEW OF FOURTH LEVEL OF MISSILE LAB (ROOFTOP LEVEL OF ...

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    OVERVIEW OF FOURTH LEVEL OF MISSILE LAB (ROOFTOP LEVEL OF BUILDING) SHOWING TOP OF MISSILE TUBE. VIEW FACING WEST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  1. 50 CFR 218.1 - Specified activity, specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... (Hellfire missile) (B) AGM-65 E/F (Maverick missile) (C) MK-83/GBU-32 (1,000 lb High Explosive bomb) (D...) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 300 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 60 per year); (E) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Maverick, HE)—up to...

  2. 50 CFR 218.1 - Specified activity, specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... (Hellfire missile) (B) AGM-65 E/F (Maverick missile) (C) MK-83/GBU-32 (1,000 lb High Explosive bomb) (D... year); (D) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 300 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 60 per year); (E) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Maverick...

  3. 50 CFR 218.1 - Specified activity, specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... (Hellfire missile) (B) AGM-65 E/F (Maverick missile) (C) MK-83/GBU-32 (1,000 lb High Explosive bomb) (D... year); (D) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 300 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 60 per year); (E) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Maverick...

  4. 1. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, FRONT, LOOKING SOUTH. ...

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    1. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, FRONT, LOOKING SOUTH. - NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end of launch area, northeast of Generator Building No. 3, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

  5. 4. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, LEFT SIDE, LOOKING NORTH. ...

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    4. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, LEFT SIDE, LOOKING NORTH. - NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end of launch area, northeast of Generator Building No. 3, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

  6. 2. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, RIGHT SIDE, LOOKING WEST. ...

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    2. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, RIGHT SIDE, LOOKING WEST. - NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end of launch area, northeast of Generator Building No. 3, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

  7. Aerodynamics Of Missiles: Present And Future

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Nielsen, Jack N.

    1991-01-01

    Paper reviews variety of topics in aerodynamics of missiles. Describes recent developments and suggests areas in which future research fruitful. Emphasis on stability and control of tactical missiles. Aerodynamic problems discussed in general terms without reference to particular missiles.

  8. 2. View from missile site control building (south to north) ...

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    2. View from missile site control building (south to north) of missile launch area, showing warhead handling building in background - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

  9. 3. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, REAR SIDE, LOOKING NORTH. ...

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    3. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, REAR SIDE, LOOKING NORTH. - NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end of launch area, northeast of Generator Building No. 3, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

  10. Redstone Missile on Launch Pad

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1958-01-01

    Redstone missile No. 1002 on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 16, 1958. The Redstone ballistic missile was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Alabama, under the direction of Dr. von Braun. The Redstone engine was a modified and improved version of the Air Force's Navaho cruise missile engine of the late forties. The A-series, as this would be known, utilized a cylindrical combustion chamber as compared with the bulky, spherical V-2 chamber. By 1951, the Army was moving rapidly toward the design of the Redstone missile, and production was begun in 1952. Redstone rockets became the 'reliable workhorse' for America's early space program. As an example of the versatility, Redstone was utilized in the booster for Explorer 1, the first American satellite, with no major changes to the engine or missile

  11. VIEW OF THIRD LEVEL OF MISSILE LAB (SECOND FLOOR OF ...

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    VIEW OF THIRD LEVEL OF MISSILE LAB (SECOND FLOOR OF BUILDING) SHOWING MISSILE TUBE IN CENTER WITH OPEN HATCH AT RIGHT. VIEW FACING NORTHEAST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  12. 50 CFR 218.1 - Specified activity, specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... (Hellfire missile) (B) AGM-65 E/F (Maverick missile) (C) MK-83/GBU-32 (1,000 lb High Explosive bomb) (D... the course of 5 years (an average of 20 per year); (D) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 300 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 60 per year); (E) Missile...

  13. Cost of space-based laser ballistic missile defense.

    PubMed

    Field, G; Spergel, D

    1986-03-21

    Orbiting platforms carrying infrared lasers have been proposed as weapons forming the first tier of a ballistic missile defense system under the President's Strategic Defense Initiative. As each laser platform can destroy a limited number of missiles, one of several methods of countering such a system is to increase the number of offensive missiles. Hence it is important to know whether the cost-exchange ratio, defined as the ratio of the cost to the defense of destroying a missile to the cost to the offense of deploying an additional missile, is greater or less than 1. Although the technology to be used in a ballistic missile defense system is still extremely uncertain, it is useful to examine methods for calculating the cost-exchange ratio. As an example, the cost of an orbiting infrared laser ballistic missile defense system employed against intercontinental ballistic missiles launched simultaneously from a small area is compared to the cost of additional offensive missiles. If one adopts lower limits to the costs for the defense and upper limits to the costs for the offense, the cost-exchange ratio comes out substantially greater than 1. If these estimates are confirmed, such a ballistic missile defense system would be unable to maintain its effectiveness at less cost than it would take to proliferate the ballistic missiles necessary to overcome it and would therefore not satisfy the President's requirements for an effective strategic defense. Although the method is illustrated by applying it to a space-based infrared laser system, it should be straightforward to apply it to other proposed systems.

  14. Cost of space-based laser ballistic missile defense

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Field, G.; Spergel, D.

    1986-03-21

    Orbiting platforms carrying infrared lasers have been proposed as weapons forming the first tier of a ballistic missile defense system under the President's Strategic Defense Initiative. As each laser platform can destroy a limited number of missiles, one of several methods of countering such a system is to increase the number of offensive missiles. Hence it is important to know whether the cost-exchange ratio, defined as the ratio of the cost to the defense of destroying a missile to the cost to the offense of deploying an additional missile, is greater or less than 1. Although the technology to bemore » used in a ballistic missile defense system is still extremely uncertain, it is useful to examine methods for calculating the cost-exchange ration. As an example, the cost of an orbiting infrared laser ballistic missile defense system employed against intercontinental ballistic missiles launched simultaneously from a small area is compared to the cost of additional offensive missiles. If one adopts lower limits to the costs for the defense and upper limits to the costs for the offense, the cost-exchange ratio comes out substantially greater than 1. If these estimates are confirmed, such a ballistic missile defense system would be unable to maintain its effectiveness at less cost than it would take to proliferate the ballistic missiles necessary to overcome it and would therefore not satisfy the President's requirements for an effective strategic defense. Although the method is illustrated by applying it to a space-based infrared laser system, it should be straightforward to apply it to other proposed systems. 28 references, 2 tables.« less

  15. Detection technique of targets for missile defense system

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    Guo, Hua-ling; Deng, Jia-hao; Cai, Ke-rong

    2009-11-01

    Ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) is a weapon system for intercepting enemy ballistic missiles. It includes ballistic-missile warning system, target discrimination system, anti-ballistic-missile guidance systems, and command-control communication system. Infrared imaging detection and laser imaging detection are widely used in BMDS for surveillance, target detection, target tracking, and target discrimination. Based on a comprehensive review of the application of target-detection techniques in the missile defense system, including infrared focal plane arrays (IRFPA), ground-based radar detection technology, 3-dimensional imaging laser radar with a photon counting avalanche photodiode (APD) arrays and microchip laser, this paper focuses on the infrared and laser imaging detection techniques in missile defense system, as well as the trends for their future development.

  16. 10. 351st Missile Wing Maintenance insignia on wall opposite the ...

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    10. 351st Missile Wing Maintenance insignia on wall opposite the entrance. Lyon - Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-12, Northeast of Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

  17. 7. PHOTOCOPY, PLANS, ELEVATIONS, AND SECTION DRAWING FOR MISSILE TEST ...

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    7. PHOTOCOPY, PLANS, ELEVATIONS, AND SECTION DRAWING FOR MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING. - NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end of launch area, northeast of Generator Building No. 3, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

  18. 5. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, FRONT AND RIGHT SIDES, ...

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    5. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, FRONT AND RIGHT SIDES, LOOKING SOUTHEAST. - NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end of launch area, northeast of Generator Building No. 3, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

  19. 6. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, REAR AND LEFT SIDES, ...

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    6. MISSILE TEST AND ASSEMBLY BUILDING, REAR AND LEFT SIDES, LOOKING NORTHWEST. - NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Missile Test & Assembly Building, South end of launch area, northeast of Generator Building No. 3, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

  20. DETAIL OF OPEN HATCH SHOWING INTERIOR OF MISSILE TUBE AND ...

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    DETAIL OF OPEN HATCH SHOWING INTERIOR OF MISSILE TUBE AND OPEN HATCH AND DOOR ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF TUBE (AT THIRD LEVEL OF MISSILE LAB). VIEW FACING WEST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  1. Possible Impacts of Major Counter Terrorism Security Actions on Research, Development, and Higher Education

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2002-04-08

    purpose is to avert the spread of weapons of mass destruction and missile delivery systems, maintain U.S. advantage in some militarily critical...the Production and Use of Nuclear Material for Military Applications, 3. Missile / missile Technology: Technologies Associated with Air Vehicles And...Unmanned Missile Systems. 4. Aircraft and Missile Propulsion and Vehicular Systems: Technologies Associated With Liquid and Solid Rocket Propulsion

  2. Comprehensive missile aerodynamics programs for preliminary design

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Dillenius, M. F. E.; Hemsch, M. J.; Sawyer, W. C.; Allen, J. M.; Blair, A. B., Jr.

    1982-01-01

    Two different classes of missile aeroprediction programs have been recently developed. The first class of programs provides rapid engineering predictions and includes MISSILE1 and MISSILE2 applicable to missile configurations with axisymmetric bodies. The second class of programs consists of the DEMON series, including a simplified version NSWCDM, designed to calculate detailed loadings acting on supersonic missiles which may have non-circular body cross sections. Both classes account for high angles of attack and track vortices from canard or wing section to the tail section. Extensive comparisons with experimental data are presented including nonlinear effects of canard control.

  3. Historical development of world wide guided missiles

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Spearman, M. L.

    1978-01-01

    This paper attempts to put in perspective the development of missiles from early history to present time. The influence of World War II in accelerating the development of guided missiles, particularly through German scientists, is discussed. The dispersion of German scientists to other countries and the coupling of their work with native talent to develop guided missiles is traced. Particular emphasis is placed on the evolution of the missile in the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Since the Soviets possess what is probably the world's most complete array of dedicated missile system types, their known inventory is reviewed in some detail.

  4. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    NONE

    Although the Cold War has ended, the threat of proliferation with chemical, biological, and nuclear warheads continues. Two factors further increase the threat from these weapons of mass destruction: knowledge of missile technology has spread extensively, and, in recent years, many countries - some of them unfriendly to the US and its allies - have obtained short- and intermediate-range missiles. The threat posed by such missiles was amply demonstrated during the Gulf War. Thus, the need to protect US and allied forces from these weapons has never been greater. When nuclear-tipped defensive missiles, such as Sprint and Spartan, were phasedmore » out years ago, the US turned for its defense to kinetic-energy {open_quotes}kill{close_quotes} interceptors - missiles that destroy an enemy missile by striking it with lethal force and accuracy at some point in its trajectory. The Patriot missile is probably the best-known kinetic-energy (KE) interceptor in the US defensive arsenal. To counter the spreading threat of proliferation, LLNL and other laboratories have been participating in a joint program funded by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), within the Department of Defense, to develop defensive missile systems. Participants are designing, testing, and certifying KE interceptors to defend against current and future missile threats. These research efforts are described.« less

  5. Profile of missile-induced cardiovascular injuries in Kashmir, India.

    PubMed

    Wani, Mohd Lateef; Ahangar, Abdul Gani; Lone, Gh Nabi; Hakeem, Zubair Ashraf; Dar, Abdul Majeed; Lone, Reyaz Ahmad; Bhat, Mohd Akbar; Singh, Shyam; Irshad, Ifat

    2011-04-01

    Missile cardiovascular injuries have taken an epidemic proportion in Kashmir valley since the eruption of militancy in 1990. Present study was undertaken to analyse the pattern, presentation and management of missile cardiovascular injuries. Three hundred and eighty-six patients with missile cardiovascular injuries since Jan 1996 to Oct 2008 were studied retrospectively. All patients of cardiovascular injuries due to causes other than missiles were excluded from the study. All patients of missile cardiac injuries were treated by primary cardiorrhaphy. Right ventricle was the most commonly affected chamber. Left anterior thoracotomy was most common approach used. Most of the patients of missile vascular group were treated by reverse saphenous vein graft or end-to-end anastomosis. Most common complication was wound infection (20.83%) followed by graft occlusion (1.94%) in missile vascular group. Amputation rate was 4.66%. Amputation rate was higher in patients with delay of >6 hours and associated fractures. Missile cardiac injuries should be operated early without wasting time for investigations. Clinical status at arrival, time interval till management, nature of injury and associated injuries, tell upon the mortality. Missile vascular injury needs prompt resuscitation and revascularization at the earliest. Time interval till revascularization and associated fractures has a bearing on mortality and morbidity.

  6. Profile of missile-induced cardiovascular injuries in Kashmir, India

    PubMed Central

    Wani, Mohd Lateef; Ahangar, Abdul Gani; Lone, Gh Nabi; Hakeem, Zubair Ashraf; Dar, Abdul Majeed; Lone, Reyaz Ahmad; Bhat, Mohd Akbar; Singh, Shyam; Irshad, Ifat

    2011-01-01

    Background: Missile cardiovascular injuries have taken an epidemic proportion in Kashmir valley since the eruption of militancy in 1990. Present study was undertaken to analyse the pattern, presentation and management of missile cardiovascular injuries. Patients and Methods: Three hundred and eighty-six patients with missile cardiovascular injuries since Jan 1996 to Oct 2008 were studied retrospectively. All patients of cardiovascular injuries due to causes other than missiles were excluded from the study. Results: All patients of missile cardiac injuries were treated by primary cardiorrhaphy. Right ventricle was the most commonly affected chamber. Left anterior thoracotomy was most common approach used. Most of the patients of missile vascular group were treated by reverse saphenous vein graft or end-to-end anastomosis. Most common complication was wound infection (20.83%) followed by graft occlusion (1.94%) in missile vascular group. Amputation rate was 4.66%. Amputation rate was higher in patients with delay of >6 hours and associated fractures. Conclusion: Missile cardiac injuries should be operated early without wasting time for investigations. Clinical status at arrival, time interval till management, nature of injury and associated injuries, tell upon the mortality. Missile vascular injury needs prompt resuscitation and revascularization at the earliest. Time interval till revascularization and associated fractures has a bearing on mortality and morbidity. PMID:21769201

  7. Methodology for determination and use of the no-escape envelope of an air-to-air-missile

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    Neuman, Frank

    1988-01-01

    A large gap exists between optimal control and differential-game theory and their applications. The purpose of this paper is to show how this gap may be bridged. Missile-avoidance of realistically simulated infrared heat-seeking, fire-and-forget missile is studied. In detailed simulations, sweeping out the discretized initial condition space, avoidance methods based on pilot experience are combined with those based on simplified optimal control analysis to derive an approximation to the no-escape missile envelopes. The detailed missile equations and no-escape envelopes were then incorporated into an existing piloted simulation of air-to-air combat to generate missile firing decisions as well as missile avoidance commands. The use of these envelopes was found to be effective in both functions.

  8. Modelling the infrared ManPAD Track Angle Bias missile countermeasure

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    Birchenall, Richard Peter; Richardson, Mark A.; Butters, Brian; Walmsley, Roy

    2011-09-01

    The paper describes the concept of missile evolution and the development of a range of missile advancements designed to defeat the evolving array of aircraft defensive measures. The paper describes a typical military aircraft infrared signature and looks at how examination of different spectral parts of the target signature can be used to determine if an aircraft has deployed flare countermeasures. This information can then be used to trigger a missile countermeasure in attempt for the missile to continue with a successful engagement. The paper examines the Track Angle Bias missile countermeasure and details the results of over 1000 engagement simulations designed to test the effectiveness of the missile countermeasure. The paper references the work published in IRPT Volume 53, Issue 5, September 2010, Pages 372-380.

  9. 75 FR 77848 - Closed Meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory Committee

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    2010-12-14

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Closed Meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory Committee AGENCY: Department of Defense; Missile Defense Agency (MDA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Under the... Defense announces that the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory...

  10. 38 CFR 4.56 - Evaluation of muscle disabilities.

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    2012-07-01

    ... shrapnel fragment, without explosive effect of high velocity missile, residuals of debridement, or... findings. Entrance and (if present) exit scars, small or linear, indicating short track of missile through... missile or large low-velocity missile, with debridement, prolonged infection, or sloughing of soft parts...

  11. 38 CFR 4.56 - Evaluation of muscle disabilities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... shrapnel fragment, without explosive effect of high velocity missile, residuals of debridement, or... findings. Entrance and (if present) exit scars, small or linear, indicating short track of missile through... missile or large low-velocity missile, with debridement, prolonged infection, or sloughing of soft parts...

  12. 76 FR 71556 - Missile Defense Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed Meeting

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    2011-11-18

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Missile Defense Advisory Committee; Notice of Closed Meeting AGENCY: Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of closed meeting... Missile Defense Advisory Committee will take place. DATES: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 through Wednesday...

  13. 38 CFR 4.56 - Evaluation of muscle disabilities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... shrapnel fragment, without explosive effect of high velocity missile, residuals of debridement, or... findings. Entrance and (if present) exit scars, small or linear, indicating short track of missile through... missile or large low-velocity missile, with debridement, prolonged infection, or sloughing of soft parts...

  14. 75 FR 77849 - Closed Meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory Committee

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    2010-12-14

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Closed Meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory Committee AGENCY: Department of Defense; Missile Defense Agency (MDA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Under the... Defense announces that the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory...

  15. Innovation in Aerodynamic Design Features of Soviet Missiles

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Spearman, M. Leroy

    2006-01-01

    Wind tunnel investigations of some tactical and strategic missile systems developed by the former Soviet Union have been included in the basic missile research programs of the NACA/NASA. Studies of the Soviet missiles sometimes revealed innovative design features that resulted in unusual or unexpected aerodynamic characteristics. In some cases these characteristics have been such that the measured performance of the missile exceeds what might have been predicted. In other cases some unusual design features have been found that would alleviate what might otherwise have been a serious aerodynamic problem. In some designs, what has appeared to be a lack of refinement has proven to be a matter of expediency. It is a purpose of this paper to describe some examples of unusual design features of some Soviet missiles and to illustrate the effectiveness of the design features on the aerodynamic behavior of the missile. The paper draws on the experience of the author who for over 60 years was involved in the aerodynamic wind tunnel testing of aircraft and missiles with the NACA/NASA.

  16. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Bradley, E.C.; Killough, S.M.; Rowe, J.C.

    The purpose of the Smart Crane Ammunition Transfer System (SCATS) project is to demonstrate robotic/telerobotic controls technology for a mobile articulated crane for missile/munitions handling, delivery, and reload. Missile resupply and reload have been manually intensive operations up to this time. Currently, reload missiles are delivered by truck to the site of the launcher. A crew of four to five personnel reloads the missiles from the truck to the launcher using a hydraulic-powered crane. The missiles are handled carefully for the safety of the missiles and personnel. Numerous steps are required in the reload process and the entire reload operationmore » can take over an hour for some missile systems. Recent US Army directives require the entire operation to be accomplished in a fraction of that time. Current development of SCATS is being based primarily on reloading Patriot missiles. This paper summarizes the current status of the SCATS project at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Additional information on project background and requirements has been described previously (Bradley, et al., 1995).« less

  17. Evaluation of wind/tornado-generated missile impact

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Singhal, M.K.; Walls, J.C.

    1993-09-01

    Simplified empirical formulae and some tabular data for the design/evaluation of structure barriers to resist wind/tornado generated missiles impact are presented in this paper. The scope is limited to the missiles defined by UCRL-15910 which are to be considered for moderate and high hazard facilities only. The method presented herein are limited to consideration of local effects on the barrier, i.e., the barrier must be capable of stopping the missile, and the barrier must no cause the generation of secondary missiles due to scabbing. Overall structural response to missile impact and structural effects derived from wind pressure are not addressedmore » in this paper.« less

  18. Six-degree-of-freedom missile simulation using the ADI AD 100 digital computer and ADSIM simulation language

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Zwaanenburg, Koos

    1989-01-01

    The use of an AD 100 computer and the ADSIM language in the six-degree-of-freedom digital simulation of an air-to-ground missile is illustrated. The missile is launched from a moving platform, typically a helicopter, and is capable of striking a mobile target up to 10 kilometers away. The missile could be any tactical missile. The performance numbers of the AD 100 show that it is possible to implement a high performance missile model in a real-time simulation without the problems associated with an implementation on a general purpose computer using FORTRAN.

  19. Civilian casualties of Iraqi ballistic missile attack to Tehran, capital of Iran.

    PubMed

    Khaji, Ali; Fallahdoost, Shoaodin; Soroush, Mohammad-Reza; Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa

    2012-01-01

    To determine the pattern of causalities of Iraqi ballistic missile attacks on Tehran, the capital of Iran, during Iraq-Iran war. Data were extracted from the Army Staff Headquarters based on daily reports of Iranian army units during the war. During 52 days, Tehran was stroked by 118 Al-Hussein missiles (a modified version of Scud missile). Eighty-six missiles landed in populated areas. During Iraqi missile attacks, 422 civilians died and 1 579 injured (4.9 deaths and 18.3 injuries per missile). During 52 days, 8.1 of the civilians died and 30.4 injured daily. Of the cases that died, 101 persons (24%) were excluded due to the lack of information. Among the remainders, 179 (55.8%) were male and 142 (44.2%) were female. The mean age of the victims was 25.3 years+/-19.9 years. Our results show that the high accuracy of modified Scud missiles landed in crowded areas is the major cause of high mortality in Tehran. The presence of suitable warning system and shelters could reduce civilian casualties. The awareness and readiness of civilian defense forces, rescue services and all medical facilities for dealing with mass casualties caused by ballistic missile attacks are necessary.

  20. Ballistic missile defense technologies

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    1985-09-01

    A report on Ballistic Missile Technologies includes the following: Executive summary; Introduction; Ballistic missiles then and now; Deterrence, U.S. nuclear strategy, and BMD; BMD capabilities and the strategic balance; Crisis stability, arms race stability, and arms control issues; Ballistic missile defense technologies; Feasibility; Alternative future scenarios; Alternative R&D programs.

  1. 22 CFR 120.29 - Missile Technology Control Regime.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Missile Technology Control Regime. 120.29... DEFINITIONS § 120.29 Missile Technology Control Regime. (a) For purposes of this subchapter, Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) means the policy statement between the United States, the United Kingdom...

  2. What to Do About That Pack of Wolves at the Door: A Binational Organization and Acquisitions Approach to Homeland Cruise Missile Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-04-04

    land attack cruise missiles (LACMs) within the context of the changing geopolitical environment. The research analyzes the current state of NORAD’s...homeland cruise missile defense apparatus with respect to its organization and technical capability. The principle argument is that land attack cruise...defense for the homeland. 15. SUBJECT TERMS: land attack cruise missiles, cruise missile defense, homeland defense, NORAD, directed energy 16

  3. Early Rockets

    NASA Image and Video Library

    2004-04-15

    The image depicts Redstone missile being erected. The Redstone ballistic missile was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile developed by Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Alabama, under the direction of Dr. von Braun. The Redstone engine was a modified and improved version of the Air Force's Navaho cruise missile engine of the late forties. The A-series, as this would be known, utilized a cylindrical combustion chamber as compared with the bulky, spherical V-2 chamber. By 1951, the Army was moving rapidly toward the design of the Redstone missile, and the production was begun in 1952. Redstone rockets became the "reliable workhorse" for America's early space program. As an example of the versatility, Redstone was utilized in the booster for Explorer 1, the first American satellite, with no major changes to the engine or missile

  4. The proliferation of aerospace weapons technology: Ballistic missiles and the case of Brazil

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Vossen, Terrence John

    1993-04-01

    The rationale behind the development of ballistic missile production in Brazil is examined by exploring the political, military, and economic determinants of ballistic missile demand in that country. To ascertain how Brazil developed missile production capabilities, the contributions of aerospace industries in industrialized states, the Brazilian space program, trade between less-developed countries, and illicit trade in missile technology are assessed. It is argued that missile development increasingly became a function of economic as opposed to security considerations, and that technologies transferred from developed country aerospace firms and Brazil's space program were primarily responsible for the creation of production capabilities. It is also contended that the proliferation of missile technology to Brazil was consistent with the workings of a system evident in the aerospace weapons technology market that sustains the horizontal spread of weapons production capabilities.

  5. The North Korean missile program: How advanced is it?

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Wright, D.; Kadyshev, T.

    1994-04-01

    For the past three years there have been increasing numbers of reports that North Korea is developing a 1,000-1,300-kilometer range missile generally referred to as the NoDongg-1. Pyongyang`s missile program has generated international concern because of North Korea`s potential nuclear capabilities, its proximity to South Korea and Japan and its reported missile sales to Iran, Syria and Libya. In June 1993, Japanese and South Korean wire services reported that North Korea had test fired several missiles into the Sea of Japan in late May, at least two of which were though to be NoDong-1 missiles. A missile with a 1,300-kilometermore » range would give North Korea the capability to reach all of Japan, and give Iran and Libya the capability to reach all of Israel.« less

  6. Aircraft vulnerability analysis by modeling and simulation

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Willers, Cornelius J.; Willers, Maria S.; de Waal, Alta

    2014-10-01

    Infrared missiles pose a significant threat to civilian and military aviation. ManPADS missiles are especially dangerous in the hands of rogue and undisciplined forces. Yet, not all the launched missiles hit their targets; the miss being either attributable to misuse of the weapon or to missile performance restrictions. This paper analyses some of the factors affecting aircraft vulnerability and demonstrates a structured analysis of the risk and aircraft vulnerability problem. The aircraft-missile engagement is a complex series of events, many of which are only partially understood. Aircraft and missile designers focus on the optimal design and performance of their respective systems, often testing only in a limited set of scenarios. Most missiles react to the contrast intensity, but the variability of the background is rarely considered. Finally, the vulnerability of the aircraft depends jointly on the missile's performance and the doctrine governing the missile's launch. These factors are considered in a holistic investigation. The view direction, altitude, time of day, sun position, latitude/longitude and terrain determine the background against which the aircraft is observed. Especially high gradients in sky radiance occur around the sun and on the horizon. This paper considers uncluttered background scenes (uniform terrain and clear sky) and presents examples of background radiance at all view angles across a sphere around the sensor. A detailed geometrical and spatially distributed radiometric model is used to model the aircraft. This model provides the signature at all possible view angles across the sphere around the aircraft. The signature is determined in absolute terms (no background) and in contrast terms (with background). It is shown that the background significantly affects the contrast signature as observed by the missile sensor. A simplified missile model is constructed by defining the thrust and mass profiles, maximum seeker tracking rate, maximum guidance acceleration and seeker sensitivity. For the purpose of this investigation the aircraft is equipped with conventional pyrotechnic decoy flares and the missile has no counter-countermeasure means (security restrictions on open publication). This complete simulation is used to calculate the missile miss distance, when the missile is launched from different locations around the aircraft. The miss distance data is then graphically presented showing miss distance (aircraft vulnerability) as a function of launch direction and range. The aircraft vulnerability graph accounts for aircraft and missile characteristics, but does not account for missile deployment doctrine. A Bayesian network is constructed to fuse the doctrinal rules with the aircraft vulnerability data. The Bayesian network now provides the capability to evaluate the combined risk of missile launch and aircraft vulnerability. It is shown in this paper that it is indeed possible to predict the aircraft vulnerability to missile attack in a comprehensive modelling and a holistic process. By using the appropriate real-world models, this approach is used to evaluate the effectiveness of specific countermeasure techniques against specific missile threats. The use of a Bayesian network provides the means to fuse simulated performance data with more abstract doctrinal rules to provide a realistic assessment of the aircraft vulnerability.

  7. 50 CFR 216.154 - Mitigation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Of Marine Mammals Incidental To Missile Launch Activities from San Nicolas Island, CA § 216.154... haul-out sites below the missile's predicted flight path for 2 hours prior to planned missile launches... must not launch missiles from the Alpha Complex at low elevation (less than 1,000 feet (305 m)) on...

  8. 50 CFR 216.154 - Mitigation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Of Marine Mammals Incidental To Missile Launch Activities from San Nicolas Island, CA § 216.154... haul-out sites below the missile's predicted flight path for 2 hours prior to planned missile launches... must not launch missiles from the Alpha Complex at low elevation (less than 1,000 feet (305 m)) on...

  9. 75 FR 43156 - Federal Advisory Committee; Missile Defense Advisory Committee

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    2010-07-23

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Federal Advisory Committee; Missile Defense Advisory Committee AGENCY: Missile Defense Agency (MDA), DoD. ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. SUMMARY: Under the... Defense announces that the Missile Defense Advisory Committee will meet on August 4 and 5, 2010, in...

  10. 50 CFR 216.154 - Mitigation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... Of Marine Mammals Incidental To Missile Launch Activities from San Nicolas Island, CA § 216.154... haul-out sites below the missile's predicted flight path for 2 hours prior to planned missile launches... must not launch missiles from the Alpha Complex at low elevation (less than 1,000 feet (305 m)) on...

  11. 23 CFR 660.519 - Missile installations and facilities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 23 Highways 1 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Missile installations and facilities. 660.519 Section... OPERATIONS SPECIAL PROGRAMS (DIRECT FEDERAL) Defense Access Roads § 660.519 Missile installations and...). (1) To implement 23 U.S.C. 210(h), DOD must make the determination that a contractor for a missile...

  12. 76 FR 14589 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Repeal of Restriction on Ballistic Missile...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-03-17

    ...-AH18 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Repeal of Restriction on Ballistic Missile...). Section 222 repeals the restriction on purchase of Ballistic Missile Defense research, development, test... Ballistic Missile Defense research, development, test, and evaluation that was required by section 222 of...

  13. 78 FR 7449 - Boundary Revision of Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

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    2013-02-01

    ... of Minuteman Missile National Historic Site AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION... Act of November 29, 1999 (Pub. L. 106-115, 113 Stat. 1540-1543), the boundary of Minuteman Missile...; and at the Office for the Superintendent, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, 21208 SD Hwy. 240...

  14. 23 CFR 660.519 - Missile installations and facilities.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 23 Highways 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Missile installations and facilities. 660.519 Section... OPERATIONS SPECIAL PROGRAMS (DIRECT FEDERAL) Defense Access Roads § 660.519 Missile installations and...). (1) To implement 23 U.S.C. 210(h), DOD must make the determination that a contractor for a missile...

  15. 77 FR 64564 - Implementation of Regulatory Guide 1.221 on Design-Basis Hurricane and Hurricane Missiles

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    2012-10-22

    ...-Basis Hurricane and Hurricane Missiles AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Proposed interim...-ISG-024, ``Implementation of Regulatory Guide 1.221 on Design-Basis Hurricane and Hurricane Missiles....221, ``Design-Basis Hurricane and Hurricane Missiles for Nuclear Power Plants.'' DATES: Submit...

  16. 15 CFR 742.5 - Missile technology.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Missile technology. 742.5 Section 742... BASED CONTROLS § 742.5 Missile technology. (a) License requirements. (1) In support of U.S. foreign policy to limit the proliferation of missiles, a license is required to export and reexport items related...

  17. 15 CFR 742.5 - Missile technology.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Missile technology. 742.5 Section 742... BASED CONTROLS § 742.5 Missile technology. (a) License requirements. (1) In support of U.S. foreign policy to limit the proliferation of missiles, a license is required to export and reexport items related...

  18. 50 CFR 216.154 - Mitigation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... Of Marine Mammals Incidental To Missile Launch Activities from San Nicolas Island, CA § 216.154... haul-out sites below the missile's predicted flight path for 2 hours prior to planned missile launches... must not launch missiles from the Alpha Complex at low elevation (less than 1,000 feet (305 m)) on...

  19. 15 CFR 742.5 - Missile technology.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Missile technology. 742.5 Section 742... BASED CONTROLS § 742.5 Missile technology. (a) License requirements. (1) In support of U.S. foreign policy to limit the proliferation of missiles, a license is required to export and reexport items related...

  20. 78 FR 76822 - 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

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    2013-12-19

    ... missiles, containers, spare and repair parts, support equipment, tools and test equipment, publications and... missiles, 7 Fly-to-Buy TOW2A missiles, containers, spare and repair parts, support equipment, tools and... thermal) for the launcher to track and guide the missile in flight. Guidance commands from the launcher...

  1. Probabilistic wind/tornado/missile analyses for hazard and fragility evaluations

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Park, Y.J.; Reich, M.

    Detailed analysis procedures and examples are presented for the probabilistic evaluation of hazard and fragility against high wind, tornado, and tornado-generated missiles. In the tornado hazard analysis, existing risk models are modified to incorporate various uncertainties including modeling errors. A significant feature of this paper is the detailed description of the Monte-Carlo simulation analyses of tornado-generated missiles. A simulation procedure, which includes the wind field modeling, missile injection, solution of flight equations, and missile impact analysis, is described with application examples.

  2. Ballistic missile defense effectiveness

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Lewis, George N.

    2017-11-01

    The potential effectiveness of ballistic missile defenses today remains a subject of debate. After a brief discussion of terminal and boost phase defenses, this chapter will focus on long-range midcourse defenses. The problems posed by potential countermeasures to such midcourse defenses are discussed as are the sensor capabilities a defense might have available to attempt to discriminate the actual missile warhead in a countermeasures environment. The role of flight testing in assessing ballistic missile defense effectiveness is discussed. Arguments made about effectiveness by missile defense supporters and critics are summarized.

  3. Trident II (D-5) Sea Launched Ballistic Missile UGM 133A (Trident II Missile)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2015-12-01

    Selected Acquisition Report ( SAR ) RCS: DD-A&T(Q&A)823-178 Trident II (D-5) Sea-Launched Ballistic Missile UGM 133A (Trident II Missile) As of FY...December 2015 SAR March 17, 2016 12:10:33 UNCLASSIFIED 2 Table of Contents Common Acronyms and Abbreviations for MDAP Programs 3 Program...Acquisition Unit Cost Trident II Missile December 2015 SAR March 17, 2016 12:10:33 UNCLASSIFIED 3 PB - President’s Budget PE - Program Element PEO - Program

  4. Modeling of the 6DOF Missile Dynamics using the NED Axes System

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1997-08-01

    representer le corps du missile, l’autodirecteur ainsi que Ia ligne missile-but. Le systeme d’axes le plus couramment utilise dans le domaine de la ...simulation de missiles tactiques ainsi que dans la librairie de composantes de modele de simulation du CRDV est le systeme d’axes NED, qui utilise l’axe x...RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT CENTRE DE RECHERCHES POUR LA DEFENSE VALCARTIER,QuEBEC DREV- N-9703 MODELING OF THE 6DOF MISSILE DYNAMICS USING THE NED AXES

  5. Dr. von Braun In Front of a Display of Missiles

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1960-01-01

    In this photo, Director of the US Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) Development Operations Division, Dr. Wernher von Braun, is standing before a display of Army missiles celebrating ABMA's Fourth Open House. The missiles in the background include (left to right) a satellite on a Juno II shroud with a Nike Ajax pointing left in front of a Jupiter missile. The Lacrosse is in front of the Juno II. The Nike Hercules points skyward in front of the Juno II and the Redstone.

  6. Computer simulation of a cruise missile using brushless dc motor fin control

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Franklin, G. C.

    1985-03-01

    This thesis describes a computer simulation developed in order to provide a method of establishing the potential of brushless dc motors for applications to tactical cruise missile control surface positioning. In particular, an altitude hold controller has been developed that provides an operational load test condition for the evaluation of the electromechanical actuator. A proportional integral control scheme in conjunction with tachometer feedback provides the position control for the missile tailfin surfaces. The fin control system is further imbedded in a cruise missile model to allow altitude control of the missile. The load on the fin is developed from the dynamic fluid environment that the missile will be operating in and is proportional to such factors as fin size and air density. The program written in CSMP language is suitable for parametric studies including motor and torque load characteristics, and missile and control system parameters.

  7. Early Rockets

    NASA Image and Video Library

    1958-05-15

    Redstone missile No. 1002 on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 16, 1958. The Redstone ballistic missile was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Alabama, under the direction of Dr. von Braun. The Redstone engine was a modified and improved version of the Air Force's Navaho cruise missile engine of the late forties. The A-series, as this would be known, utilized a cylindrical combustion chamber as compared with the bulky, spherical V-2 chamber. By 1951, the Army was moving rapidly toward the design of the Redstone missile, and production was begun in 1952. Redstone rockets became the "reliable workhorse" for America's early space program. As an example of the versatility, Redstone was utilized in the booster for Explorer 1, the first American satellite, with no major changes to the engine or missile

  8. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    McDonald, J R; Murray, R

    High winds tend to pick up and transport various objects and debris, which are referred to as wind-borne missiles or tornado missiles, depending on the type of storm. Missiles cause damage by perforating the building envelope or by collapsing structural elements such as walls, columns or frames. The primary objectives of this study are as follows: (1) to provide a basis for wind-borne or tornado missile criteria for the design and evaluation of DOE facilities, and (2) to provide guidelines for the design and evaluation of impact-resistant missile barriers for DOE facilities The first objective is accomplished through a synthesismore » of information from windstorm damage documentation experience and computer simulation of missile trajectories. The second objective is accomplished by reviewing the literature, which describes various missile impact tests, and by conducting a series of impact tests at a Texas Tech University facility to fill in missing information.« less

  9. Development of guidance laws for a variable-speed missile

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Gazit, R.; Gutman, S.

    1991-05-01

    The most used guidance law for short-range homing missiles is proportional navigation (PN). In PN, the acceleration command is proportional to the line-of-sight (LOS) angular velocity. Indeed, if a missile and a target move on a collision course with constant speeds, the LOS rate is zero. The speed of a highly maneuverable modern missile varies considerably during flight. The performance of PN is far from being satisfactory in that case. In this article the collision course for a variable-speed missile is analyzed and a guidance law that steers the heading of the missile to the collision course is defined. Guidancemore » laws based on optimal control and differential game formulations are developed, and note that both optimal laws coincide with the Guidance to Collision law at impact. The performance improvement of the missile using the new guidance law as compared to PN is demonstrated. 19 refs.« less

  10. Missile vascular injuries: 19-year experience.

    PubMed

    Ahanger, Abdul Gani; Wani, Mohd Lateef; Lone, Reyaz Ahmad; Singh, Shyam; Hussain, Zahur; Mir, Ishtiyak A; Irshad, Ifat; Ashraf, Hakeem Zubair; Dar, Abdul Majeed; Lone, Ghulam Nabi; Bhat, Mohammad Akbar; Sharma, Mukand Lal

    2010-03-01

    Missile vascular injuries have reached an epidemic proportion in Kashmir valley since the eruption of militancy. The present study was undertaken to analyze the mode, pattern, presentation, and management of missile vascular injuries. A retrospective study of patients with missile vascular injury from January 1990 to October 2008 was undertaken. Five hundred eighty patients with missile vascular injury were studied. All patients with vascular injury due to causes other than missiles were excluded from the study. Most of the patients were treated by interpositional saphenous vein graft or end-to-end anastomosis. The most common complication was wound infection (22.7%) followed by graft occlusion (3.8%). The amputation rate was 3.3% and was higher in patients with a delay of >6 hours to revascularization and associated fractures. Missile vascular injury requires prompt resuscitation and revascularization. Preoperative angiography is seldom necessary. Doppler study may sometimes be needed to aid in the diagnosis.

  11. Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-02-24

    13 The FALCON Study...range strike capabilities. These include bombers, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and boost-glide technologies that would mate a rocket booster...Command, Hearing, April 4, 2005. 23 Grossman, Elaine M., “U.S. General: Precise Long-Range Missiles may Enable Big Nuclear Cuts,” Inside the Pentagon

  12. 48 CFR 252.228-7005 - Accident reporting and investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles. 252.228-7005 Section 252.228-7005 Federal... investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles. As prescribed in 228.370(d), use the following clause: Accident Reporting and Investigation Involving Aircraft, Missiles, and Space Launch...

  13. 48 CFR 252.228-7005 - Accident reporting and investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles. 252.228-7005 Section 252.228-7005 Federal... investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles. As prescribed in 228.370(d), use the following clause: Accident Reporting and Investigation Involving Aircraft, Missiles, and Space Launch...

  14. 33 CFR 334.1390 - Pacific Ocean at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ..., Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility. 334.1390 Section 334.1390 Navigation and Navigable... REGULATIONS § 334.1390 Pacific Ocean at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility. (a... individual basis, by prior arrangement with the Commanding Officer, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaiian...

  15. 48 CFR 252.228-7005 - Accident reporting and investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles. 252.228-7005 Section 252.228-7005 Federal... investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles. As prescribed in 228.370(d), use the following clause: Accident Reporting and Investigation Involving Aircraft, Missiles, and Space Launch...

  16. 33 CFR 334.1130 - Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones. 334.1130 Section 334.1130 Navigation and... RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.1130 Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB... Point Arguello, unless prior permission is obtained from the Commander, Western Space and Missile Center...

  17. 48 CFR 252.228-7005 - Accident reporting and investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles. 252.228-7005 Section 252.228-7005 Federal... investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles. As prescribed in 228.370(d), use the following clause: Accident Reporting and Investigation Involving Aircraft, Missiles, and Space Launch...

  18. 33 CFR 334.1130 - Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones. 334.1130 Section 334.1130 Navigation and... RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.1130 Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB... Point Arguello, unless prior permission is obtained from the Commander, Western Space and Missile Center...

  19. 48 CFR 252.228-7005 - Accident reporting and investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles. 252.228-7005 Section 252.228-7005 Federal... investigation involving aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles. As prescribed in 228.370(d), use the following clause: Accident Reporting and Investigation Involving Aircraft, Missiles, and Space Launch...

  20. 33 CFR 334.1390 - Pacific Ocean at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ..., Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility. 334.1390 Section 334.1390 Navigation and Navigable... REGULATIONS § 334.1390 Pacific Ocean at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility. (a... individual basis, by prior arrangement with the Commanding Officer, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaiian...

  1. 75 FR 64714 - Meeting of the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-10-20

    ... recommendations of the Subcommittee on Navy's Role in Ballistic Missile Defense. The meeting will consist of discussions of Navy's role in ballistic missile defense, development of the global missile defense network and evolution of the growing ballistic missile threat. DATES: The meeting will be held on November 12, 2010...

  2. 33 CFR 334.1130 - Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones. 334.1130 Section 334.1130 Navigation and... RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.1130 Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB... Point Arguello, unless prior permission is obtained from the Commander, Western Space and Missile Center...

  3. 33 CFR 334.1390 - Pacific Ocean at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ..., Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility. 334.1390 Section 334.1390 Navigation and Navigable... REGULATIONS § 334.1390 Pacific Ocean at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility. (a... individual basis, by prior arrangement with the Commanding Officer, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaiian...

  4. 10. Photographic copy of photograph (original print in possession of ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    10. Photographic copy of photograph (original print in possession of CSSD-HO, Huntsville, AL). Photographer unknown. Comparison of Spartan and sprint missiles. The sprint missile is on the left; the Spartan missile is on the right - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

  5. 33 CFR 334.1130 - Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones. 334.1130 Section 334.1130 Navigation and... RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.1130 Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB... Point Arguello, unless prior permission is obtained from the Commander, Western Space and Missile Center...

  6. VIEW OF MISSILE TUBE AT THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL. VIEW ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    VIEW OF MISSILE TUBE AT THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL. VIEW FACING SOUTH - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  7. VIEW OF MISSILE TUBE AT THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL. VIEW ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    VIEW OF MISSILE TUBE AT THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL. VIEW FACING EAST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  8. 33 CFR 334.1390 - Pacific Ocean at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ..., Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility. 334.1390 Section 334.1390 Navigation and Navigable... REGULATIONS § 334.1390 Pacific Ocean at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; missile range facility. (a... individual basis, by prior arrangement with the Commanding Officer, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaiian...

  9. 33 CFR 334.1130 - Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones. 334.1130 Section 334.1130 Navigation and... RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.1130 Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB... Point Arguello, unless prior permission is obtained from the Commander, Western Space and Missile Center...

  10. 76 FR 63541 - Design-Basis Hurricane and Hurricane Missiles for Nuclear Power Plants

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-10-13

    ... Hurricane Missiles for Nuclear Power Plants AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Regulatory guide... regulatory guide, (RG) 1.221, ``Design-Basis Hurricane and Hurricane Missiles for Nuclear Power Plants... missiles that a nuclear power plant should be designed to withstand to prevent undue risk to the health and...

  11. Time-to-impact estimation in passive missile warning systems

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Şahıngıl, Mehmet Cihan

    2017-05-01

    A missile warning system can detect the incoming missile threat(s) and automatically cue the other Electronic Attack (EA) systems in the suit, such as Directed Infrared Counter Measure (DIRCM) system and/or Counter Measure Dispensing System (CMDS). Most missile warning systems are currently based on passive sensor technology operating in either Solar Blind Ultraviolet (SBUV) or Midwave Infrared (MWIR) bands on which there is an intensive emission from the exhaust plume of the threatening missile. Although passive missile warning systems have some clear advantages over pulse-Doppler radar (PDR) based active missile warning systems, they show poorer performance in terms of time-to-impact (TTI) estimation which is critical for optimizing the countermeasures and also "passive kill assessment". In this paper, we consider this problem, namely, TTI estimation from passive measurements and present a TTI estimation scheme which can be used in passive missile warning systems. Our problem formulation is based on Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). The algorithm uses the area parameter of the threat plume which is derived from the used image frame.

  12. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Peterson, J.F.

    The global proliferation of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has become one of the most immediate and dangerous threats to U.S. national security. Ballistic missiles were used in four of the last six major wars. Some 190 missiles were fired by Iraqis over a six week period at Iranian cities in 1988, during the 'War of the Cities'. Iraq's firing of Scuds against coalition forces and Israel during the Gulf War provided a vivid reminder of the threat these weapons can present to the world community. During the 1980's, many Third World countries assigned a high prioritymore » to the acquisition of ballistic missiles. By 1991, more than 20 of these nations either possessed ballistic missiles or were attempting to obtain them. Today 43 nations possess ballistic missiles. Seventeen of these probably have a nuclear weapon capability, with 20 of them possessing also a chemical or biological capability. This paper seeks to: define the military challenge ballistic missiles represent; review current U.S. counter-proliferation and nonproliferation initiatives and, finally make recommendations on other potential methods or considerations to reduce ballistic missile proliferation.« less

  13. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Karp, A.

    Belatedly, Western Nations are trying to staunch the flow of technology that has helped create a number of new ballistic missile forces in the Third World. Ballistic missiles already are being used in one Third World conflict. Since the end of February, Iran and Iraq have fired more than 100 short-range, inaccurate missiles at each other's cities, causing thousands of casualties. These events illustrate that ballistic missiles are becoming an ominous reality in the Third World. Indeed, 20 Third World countries, including Israel and Brazil, currently possess ballistic missiles or are striving to develop them. On one level, these missilesmore » - which are propelled by rockets into the upper atmosphere, travel in a ballistic trajectory, and are pulled by gravity to their targets - are for these nations a logical step in building up their military forces. While the missiles vary in range and accuracy, they can reach many targets in regional conflicts. Unlike manned aircraft, the do not require large, vulnerable bases. They are not as easily intercepted as slow bombers. And they are easier to develop because they are less sophisticated than modern cruise missiles such as the U.S. air-launched cruise missiles. In terms of global security, the most worrisome aspect of Third World ballistic missiles is their potential as nuclear weapons delivery systems.« less

  14. Advancements in hardware-in-the-loop simulations at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Buford, James A.; Jolly, Alexander C.; Mobley, Scott B.; Sholes, William J.

    2000-07-01

    A greater awareness of and increased interest in the use of modeling and simulation (M&S) has been demonstrated at many levels within the Department of Defense (DoD) and all the Armed Services agencies in recent years. M&S application is regarded as a viable means of lowering the life cycle costs of missile defense and tactical missile weapon system acquisition beginning with studies of new concepts of war-fighting through user training and post-deployment support. The Aviation and Missile Research, Engineering, and Development Center (AMRDEC) of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) has an extensive history of applying all types of M&S to weapons system development and has been a particularly strong advocate of hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulation and test for many years. Over the past 40 years AMRDEC has developed and maintained the Advanced Simulation Center (ASC) which provides world-class, high fidelity, specific and dedicated HWIL simulation and test capabilities for the Army's missile defense and tactical missile program offices in both the infrared and radio frequency sensor domains. The ASC facility uses M&S to conduct daily HWIL missile simulations and tests to support flight tests, missile/system development, independent verification and validation of weapon system embedded software and simulations, and missile/system performance against current and future threat environments. This paper describes the ASC role, recaps the past year, describes the HWIL components and advancements, and outlines the path-ahead for the ASC in terms of both missile and complete system HWIL simulations and test with a focus on the imaging infrared systems.

  15. Strategic Missile Defense & Nuclear Deterrence

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Grego, Laura

    The United States has pursued defenses against nuclear-armed long-range ballistic missiles since at least the 1950s. At the same time, concerns that missile defenses could undermine nuclear deterrence and potentially spark an arms race led the United States and Soviet Union to negotiate limits on these systems. The 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty constrained strategic missile defenses for thirty years. After abandoning the treaty in 2002, President George W. Bush began fielding the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) homeland missile defense system on an extremely aggressive schedule, nominally to respond to threats from North Korea and Iran. Today, nearly fifteen years after its initial deployment, the potential and the limits of this homeland missile defense are apparent. Its test record is poor and it has no demonstrated ability to stop an incoming missile under real-world conditions. No credible strategy is in place to solve the issue of discriminating countermeasures. Insufficient oversight has not only exacerbated the GMD system's problems, but has obscured their full extent, which could encourage politicians and military leaders to make decisions that actually increase the risk of a missile attack against the United States. These are not the only costs. Both Russia and China have repeatedly expressed concerns that U.S. missile defenses adversely affect their own strategic capabilities and interests, particularly taken in light of the substantial US nuclear forces. This in turn affects these countries' nuclear modernization priorities. This talk will provide a technical overview of the US strategic missile defense system, and how it relates to deterrence against non-peer adversaries as well as how it affects deterrence with Russia and China and the long-term prospects for nuclear reductions

  16. Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-05-05

    13 The FALCON Study...bombers, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and boost-glide technologies that would mate a rocket booster with a hypersonic glide vehicle. Congress has...Strategic Command, Hearing, April 4, 2005. 23 Grossman, Elaine M., “U.S. General: Precise Long-Range Missiles may Enable Big Nuclear Cuts,” Inside the

  17. 22 CFR 121.2 - Interpretations of the U.S. Munitions List and the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex. 121.2 Section 121.2 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE... Interpretations of the U.S. Munitions List and the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex. The following... Munitions List which are Missile Technology Control Regime Annex items in accordance with section 71(a) of...

  18. 50 CFR 218.20 - Specified activity and specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... (Hellfire missile); (B) Tube-launched Optically tracked Wire-guided (TOW) missile; (C) Mine Neutralization... NEW charges)—up to 100 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 20 per year); (B) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 40 exercises over the course of 5 years (an...

  19. OBLIQUE VIEW OF MISSILE LAB WITH CRANE SHOWING SOUTHWEST AND ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    OBLIQUE VIEW OF MISSILE LAB WITH CRANE SHOWING SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST SIDES. VIEW FACING EAST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  20. DETAIL OF MISSILE TUBE HATCH WITH MILLED FITTINGS AT GROUND ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    DETAIL OF MISSILE TUBE HATCH WITH MILLED FITTINGS AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL. VIEW FACING EAST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  1. 50 CFR 218.20 - Specified activity and specified geographical area and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... (Hellfire missile); (B) Tube-launched Optically tracked Wire-guided (TOW) missile; (C) Mine Neutralization... NEW charges)—up to 100 exercises over the course of 5 years (an average of 20 per year); (B) Missile Exercise (MISSILEX) (Air-to-Surface; Hellfire missile)—up to 40 exercises over the course of 5 years (an...

  2. 76 FR 4322 - Availability of the Fiscal Year 2009 Missile Defense Agency Services Contracts Inventory Pursuant...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-01-25

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Availability of the Fiscal Year 2009 Missile Defense... Act AGENCY: Missile Defense Agency (MDA), DoD. ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: In accordance... for Fiscal Year 2008 (NDAA 08) Section 807, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency and the Office...

  3. 33 CFR 334.1440 - Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ..., Marshall Islands; missile testing area. 334.1440 Section 334.1440 Navigation and Navigable Waters CORPS OF....1440 Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area. (a) The warning area...°43′00″ N., longitude 167°43′00″ E. Intermittent hazardous missile operations will be conducted within...

  4. 22 CFR 121.2 - Interpretations of the U.S. Munitions List and the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex. 121.2 Section 121.2 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE... Interpretations of the U.S. Munitions List and the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex. The following... Munitions List which are Missile Technology Control Regime Annex items in accordance with section 71(a) of...

  5. 33 CFR 334.1440 - Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ..., Marshall Islands; missile testing area. 334.1440 Section 334.1440 Navigation and Navigable Waters CORPS OF....1440 Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area. (a) The warning area...°43′00″ N., longitude 167°43′00″ E. Intermittent hazardous missile operations will be conducted within...

  6. 33 CFR 334.1440 - Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ..., Marshall Islands; missile testing area. 334.1440 Section 334.1440 Navigation and Navigable Waters CORPS OF....1440 Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area. (a) The warning area...°43′00″ N., longitude 167°43′00″ E. Intermittent hazardous missile operations will be conducted within...

  7. 33 CFR 334.1440 - Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ..., Marshall Islands; missile testing area. 334.1440 Section 334.1440 Navigation and Navigable Waters CORPS OF....1440 Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area. (a) The warning area...°43′00″ N., longitude 167°43′00″ E. Intermittent hazardous missile operations will be conducted within...

  8. 22 CFR 121.2 - Interpretations of the U.S. Munitions List and the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex. 121.2 Section 121.2 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE... Interpretations of the U.S. Munitions List and the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex. The following... Munitions List which are Missile Technology Control Regime Annex items in accordance with section 71(a) of...

  9. 22 CFR 121.2 - Interpretations of the U.S. Munitions List and the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex. 121.2 Section 121.2 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE... Interpretations of the U.S. Munitions List and the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex. The following... Munitions List which are Missile Technology Control Regime Annex items in accordance with section 71(a) of...

  10. Wernher von Braun

    NASA Image and Video Library

    1959-01-21

    In this photo, (left to right) Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) Missile Firing Laboratory Chief Dr. Kurt Debus, Director of the ABMA Development Operations Division, Dr. von Braun and an unidentified individual in blockhouse during the CM-21 (Jupiter) firing. The Jupiter missile CM-21 became the first Chrysler production qualification missile to be fired and in March 1959 launched the Pioneer IV.

  11. 33 CFR 334.1440 - Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ..., Marshall Islands; missile testing area. 334.1440 Section 334.1440 Navigation and Navigable Waters CORPS OF....1440 Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area. (a) The warning area...°43′00″ N., longitude 167°43′00″ E. Intermittent hazardous missile operations will be conducted within...

  12. OBLIQUE VIEW OF MISSILE LAB WITH CRANE SHOWING SOUTHEAST AND ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    OBLIQUE VIEW OF MISSILE LAB WITH CRANE SHOWING SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST SIDES. VIEW FACING NORTH/NORTHWEST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  13. Early Rockets

    NASA Image and Video Library

    1958-01-31

    Jupiter-C Missile No. 27 assembly at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Aalabama. The Jupiter-C was a modification of the Redstone Missile, and originally developed as a nose cone re-entry test vehicle for the Jupiter Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). Jupiter-C successfully launched the first American Satellite, Explorer 1, in orbit on January 31, 1958.

  14. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Karp, A.

    Observers of Third World security watch for new weapon systems that promise to make the poor the military equals of the rich. Ballistic missiles, which combine the nuclear weapon and precision-guided munition, are a disturbing possibility that warrants regulation of the flow of ballistic missile technology. It is imperative to have a policy delineating the risks involved with ballistic missiles as a basis for action and consistency and for working with other technology suppliers. The US should initiate discussions aimed at establishing a missile technology suppliers' regime before Third World countries actually deploy nuclear missiles.

  15. Study on combat effectiveness of air defense missile weapon system based on queuing theory

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Zhao, Z. Q.; Hao, J. X.; Li, L. J.

    2017-01-01

    Queuing Theory is a method to analyze the combat effectiveness of air defense missile weapon system. The model of service probability based on the queuing theory was constructed, and applied to analyzing the combat effectiveness of "Sidewinder" and "Tor-M1" air defense missile weapon system. Finally aimed at different targets densities, the combat effectiveness of different combat units of two types' defense missile weapon system is calculated. This method can be used to analyze the usefulness of air defense missile weapon system.

  16. Missiles for Asia The Need for Operational Analysis of U.S. Theater Ballistic Missiles in the Pacific

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-01-01

    C O R P O R A T I O N Missiles for Asia? The Need for Operational Analysis of U.S. Theater Ballistic Missiles in the Pacific Jacob L. Heim • The...durability of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is in doubt. • China’s rapid military modernization could threaten U.S. forces. • Theater ...conventional land-based theater ballistic missiles (TBMs) could add to the U.S. portfolio of strike capabilities. In particular, the U.S. Army should ana- lyze

  17. 32 CFR 525.2 - Background and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... PUBLIC RELATIONS ENTRY AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.2 Background and..., and aircraft into Kwajalein Missile Range is exercised through the Commander, Ballistic Missile...

  18. 32 CFR 525.2 - Background and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... PUBLIC RELATIONS ENTRY AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.2 Background and..., and aircraft into Kwajalein Missile Range is exercised through the Commander, Ballistic Missile...

  19. 32 CFR 525.2 - Background and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... PUBLIC RELATIONS ENTRY AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.2 Background and..., and aircraft into Kwajalein Missile Range is exercised through the Commander, Ballistic Missile...

  20. 32 CFR 525.2 - Background and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... PUBLIC RELATIONS ENTRY AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.2 Background and..., and aircraft into Kwajalein Missile Range is exercised through the Commander, Ballistic Missile...

  1. 32 CFR 525.2 - Background and authority.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... PUBLIC RELATIONS ENTRY AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.2 Background and..., and aircraft into Kwajalein Missile Range is exercised through the Commander, Ballistic Missile...

  2. Using hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulation to provide low-cost testing of TMD IR missile systems

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Buford, James A., Jr.; Paone, Thad

    1998-07-01

    A greater awareness of and increased interest in the use of modeling and simulation (M&S) has been demonstrated at many levels within the Department of Defense (DoD) and all the Armed Services agencies in recent years. M&S application is regarded as a viable means of lowering the life cycle costs of theater missile defense (TMD) weapon system acquisition beginning with studies of new concepts of warfighting through user training and post-deployment support. The Missile Research, Engineering, and Development Center (MRDEC) of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) has an extensive history of applying all types of M&S to TMD weapon system development and has been a particularly strong advocate of hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulation for many years. Over the past 10 years MRDEC has developed specific and dedicated HWIL capabilities for TMD applications in both the infrared and radio frequency sensor domains. This paper provides an overview of the infrared-based TMD HWIL missile facility known as the Imaging Infrared System Simulation (I2RSS) which is used to support the Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missile system. This facility uses M&S to conduct daily THAAD HWIL missile simulations to support flight tests, missile/system development, independent verification and validation of weapon system embedded software and simulations, and missile/system performance against current and future threat environments. This paper describes the THAAD TMD HWIL role, process, major components, HWIL verification/validation, and daily HWIL support areas in terms of both missile and complete system.

  3. Experimental study of ELF signatures developed by ballistic missile launch

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Peglow, S.G.; Rynne, T.M.

    1993-04-08

    The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) and SARA, Inc. participated in the ATMD missile launch activities that occurred at WSMR during January 1993. These tests involved the launch of Lance missiles with a subsequent direction of F-15Es into the launch area for subsequent detection and simulated destruction of redeployed missile launchers, LLNL and SARA deployed SARN`s ELF sensors and various data acquisition systems for monitoring of basic phenomena. On 25 January 1993, a single missile launch allowed initial measurements of the phenomena and an assessment of appropriate sensor sensitivity settings as well as the appropriateness of the sensor deploymentmore » sites (e.g., with respect to man-made ELF sources such as power distributions and communication lines). On 27 January 1993, a measurement of a double launch of Lance missiles was performed. This technical report covers the results of the analysis of latter measurements. An attempt was made to measure low frequency electromagnetic signatures that may be produced during a missile launch. Hypothetical signature production mechanisms include: (1) Perturbations of the earth geo-potential during the launch of the missile. This signature may arise from the interaction of the ambient electric field with the conducting body of the missile as well as the partially ionized exhaust plume. (2) Production of spatial, charge sources from triboelectric-like mechanisms. Such effects may occur during the initial interaction of the missile plume with the ground material and lead to an initial {open_quotes}spike{close_quotes} output, Additionally, there may exist charge transfer mechanisms produced during the exhausting of the burnt fuel oxidizer.« less

  4. 33 CFR 334.590 - Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ..., Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. 334.590 Section 334.590 Navigation... RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.590 Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area... during firing periods to be specified by the Commander, Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick Air Force...

  5. 33 CFR 334.1390 - Pacific Ocean off the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; danger zone. 334.1390 Section 334.1390... AND RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.1390 Pacific Ocean off the Pacific Missile Range Facility at... Pacific Missile Range Facility range boats, beach markings including beach signs along the north and south...

  6. 33 CFR 334.590 - Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ..., Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. 334.590 Section 334.590 Navigation... RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.590 Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area... during firing periods to be specified by the Commander, Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick Air Force...

  7. 33 CFR 334.590 - Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ..., Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. 334.590 Section 334.590 Navigation... RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.590 Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area... during firing periods to be specified by the Commander, Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick Air Force...

  8. DETAIL OF INTERIOR OF MISSILE TUBE AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    DETAIL OF INTERIOR OF MISSILE TUBE AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL SHOWING AIR COMPRESSOR TANKS AND CURVING STEEL PIECE. VIEW FACING EAST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  9. 33 CFR 334.590 - Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ..., Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. 334.590 Section 334.590 Navigation... RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.590 Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area... during firing periods to be specified by the Commander, Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick Air Force...

  10. A Hybrid Location Method for Missile Security Team Positioning

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2007-01-01

    Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. A Hybrid Location Method for Missile Security...Bell and Weir A Hybrid Location Method for Missile Security Team Positioning Chief Master Sergeant Michael C. Dawson Air Force Logistics Management...problem oj locating security teams over a geographic area to maintain security Jor US Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems. A

  11. Early Rockets

    NASA Image and Video Library

    1953-08-30

    U.S. Army Redstone Rocket: The Redstone ballistic missile was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Alabama, under the direction of Dr. von Braun. The Redstone rocket was also known as "Old Reliable" because of its many diverse missions. The first Redstone Missile was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 30, 1953.

  12. Jamming effect analysis of infrared reticle seeker for directed infrared countermeasures

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Bae, Tae-Wuk; Kim, Byoung-Ik; Kim, Young-Choon; Ahn, Sang-Ho

    2012-09-01

    In directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM), the purpose of jamming toward missiles is making missiles miss the target (aircraft of our forces) in the field of view. Since the DIRCM system directly emits the pulsing flashes of infrared (IR) energy to missiles, it is more effective than present flare method emitting IR source to omni-direction. In this paper, we implemented a reticle seeker simulation tool using MATLAB-SIMULINK, in order to analyze jamming effect of spin-scan and con-scan reticle missile seeker used widely in the world, though it was developed early. Because the jammer signal has influence on the missile guidance system using its variable frequency, it is very important technique among military defense systems protecting our forces from missiles of enemy. Simulation results show that jamming effect is greatly influenced according to frequency, phase and intensity of jammer signal. Especially, jammer frequency has the largest influence on jamming effect. Through our reticle seeker simulation tool, we can confirm that jamming effect toward missiles is significantly increased when jammer frequency is similar to reticle frequency. Finally, we evaluated jamming effect according to jammer frequencies, by using correlation coefficient as an evaluation criterion of jamming performance in two reticle missile seekers.

  13. Countermeasure effectiveness against an intelligent imaging infrared anti-ship missile

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Gray, Greer J.; Aouf, Nabil; Richardson, Mark; Butters, Brian; Walmsley, Roy

    2013-02-01

    Ship self defense against heat-seeking anti-ship missiles is of great concern to modern naval forces. One way of protecting ships against these threats is to use infrared (IR) offboard countermeasures. These decoys need precise placement to maximize their effectiveness, and simulation is an invaluable tool used in determining optimum deployment strategies. To perform useful simulations, high-fidelity models of missiles are required. We describe the development of an imaging IR anti-ship missile model for use in countermeasure effectiveness simulations. The missile model's tracking algorithm is based on a target recognition system that uses a neural network to discriminate between ships and decoys. The neural network is trained on shape- and intensity-based features extracted from simulated imagery. The missile model is then used within ship-decoy-missile engagement simulations, to determine how susceptible it is to the well-known walk-off seduction countermeasure technique. Finally, ship survivability is improved by adjusting the decoy model to increase its effectiveness against the tracker.

  14. 22 CFR 121.5 - Apparatus and devices under Category IV(c).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... units, bomb ejectors, torpedo tubes, torpedo and guided missile boosters, guidance systems equipment and..., intervalometers, thermal batteries, hardened missile launching facilities, guided missile launchers and...

  15. 22 CFR 121.5 - Apparatus and devices under Category IV(c).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... units, bomb ejectors, torpedo tubes, torpedo and guided missile boosters, guidance systems equipment and..., intervalometers, thermal batteries, hardened missile launching facilities, guided missile launchers and...

  16. 22 CFR 121.5 - Apparatus and devices under Category IV(c).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... units, bomb ejectors, torpedo tubes, torpedo and guided missile boosters, guidance systems equipment and..., intervalometers, thermal batteries, hardened missile launching facilities, guided missile launchers and...

  17. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Nagler, R.G.

    This report, based solely on information available from unclassified sources, provides a coherent picture of the scope and trends of ballistic missile proliferation. The focus is on countries developing, producing, or owning ballistic missiles capable of threatening the military forces, assets, or populations of neighboring or geographically remote countries. The report also identifies other countries expected to obtain operational ballistic missile capabilities, discusses expected growth in performance, and examines the projected availability of warheads of mass destruction. The emphasis is on ballistic missiles of ranges greater than approximately 300 km, though shorter range battlefield weapons are discussed as forerunners. Themore » assessment excludes principal U.S. allies and countries formerly in the Warsaw Pact, except where these countries have sold missiles, technology; or personnel services to developing nations in support of their missile programs.« less

  18. The Clinton plan for theater missile defenses: Costs and alternatives

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Mosher, D.; Hall, R.

    1994-09-01

    Since the Gulf War, the Department of Defense has placed a high priority on developing defenses against theater ballistic missiles (TBMs). Over the past two years the Clinton administration has redirected the focus of the Ballistic Missile Organization (BMDO, formerly the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization) away from a national missile defense system and toward the development of theater missile defenses (TMDs). But the plan put forward by the administration is expensive - as much as $50 billion through the year 2010 - and it also raises several important issues about compliance with the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. But other approachesmore » to TMD would address some of these cost and compliance concerns, so it is worthwhile to look at several alternatives and analyze their costs and effects on capability.« less

  19. Historical review of missile aerodynamic developments

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Spearman, M. Leroy

    1989-01-01

    A comprehensive development history to about 1970 is presented for missile technologies and their associated capabilities and difficulties. Attention is given to the growth of an experimental data base for missile design, as well as to the critical early efforts to develop analytical methods applicable to missiles. Most of the important missile development efforts made during the period from the end of the Second World War to the early 1960s were based primarily on experiences gained through wind tunnel and flight testing; analytical techniques began to demonstrate their usefulness in the design process only in the late 1960s.

  20. Application of IPAD to missile design

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Santa, J. E.; Whiting, T. R.

    1974-01-01

    The application of an integrated program for aerospace-vehicle design (IPAD) to the design of a tactical missile is examined. The feasibility of modifying a proposed IPAD system for aircraft design work for use in missile design is evaluated. The tasks, cost, and schedule for the modification are presented. The basic engineering design process is described, explaining how missile design is achieved through iteration of six logical problem solving functions throughout the system studies, preliminary design, and detailed design phases of a new product. Existing computer codes used in various engineering disciplines are evaluated for their applicability to IPAD in missile design.

  1. Laser beam riding artillery missiles guidance device is designed

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Yan, Mingliang; Huo, Zhicheng; Chen, Wei

    2014-09-01

    Laser driving gun missile guidance type beam of laser information field formed by any link failure or reduced stability will directly lead to ballistic or miss out of control, and based on this, this paper designed the driving beam of laser guided missile guidance beam type forming device modulation and zoom mechanism, in order to make the missile can recognize its position in the laser beam, laser beam gun missile, by means of spatial encoding of the laser beam laser beam into information after forming device, a surface to achieve the purpose of precision guidance.

  2. Overcoming Space and Time Disadvantages in Joint Theater Missile Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2002-02-04

    Disadvantages in Joint Theater Missile Defense (Unclassified) 9. Personal Authors: Major Robert Kelley 10.Type of Report: FINAL 11. Date of Report...Classification of This Page Unclassified NAVAL WAR COLLEGE Newport, RI Overcoming Space and Time Disadvantages in Joint Theater Missile Defense By Robert...Covered (from... to) - Title and Subtitle Overcoming Space and Time Disadvantages in Joint Theater Missile Defense Contract Number Grant Number

  3. 1. View from missile site control building (southeast to northwest) ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    1. View from missile site control building (southeast to northwest) of universal missile building. Note earth mounding. On the far right can be seen the exit tunnel; the small "boxes" on top are the roof ventilators. This building was salvaged and sealed after site inactivation - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Universal Missile Building, Between Tactical Road South & Patrol Road, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

  4. Missiles in the heart causing coronary artery disease 44 years after injury.

    PubMed

    Seipelt, R G; Vazquez-Jimenez, J F; Messmer, B J

    2000-09-01

    We present a case of two missiles in the heart causing coronary artery disease with first onset 44 years after the injury. The missiles were close to the right coronary artery and the left anterior descending coronary artery. The missiles initiated local arteriosclerosis in these vessels, with an extremely stretched time frame from injury to the onset of symptoms for coronary artery disease.

  5. Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-02-21

    missiles; cruise missiles; and gravity bombs . In contrast with the longer-range “strategic” nuclear weapons, these weapons had a lower profile in policy...States sought to deploy dual-capable aircraft and nuclear bombs at bases on the territories of NATO members in eastern Europe. Neither NATO, as an...ballistic missiles; cruise missiles; and gravity bombs . The United States deployed these weapons with its troops in the field, aboard aircraft, on

  6. Military Power of the People’s Republic of China, 2009

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-01-01

    executed for taking bribes to approve fake drugs. Environment . China’s economic development has come at a significant environmental cost...Satellite ASEAN : Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEM: Asia-Europe Meeting ASBM: Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile ASCM: Anti-Ship Cruise Missile ASM...Operational Capability IRBM: Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile LACM: Land Attack Cruise Missile LEO: Low Earth Orbit MaRV: Maneuvering Re- entry Vehicle

  7. Symmetric Missile Dynamic Instabilities - A Review

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1980-03-01

    and a Magnus side moment must be added to the total aerodynamic moment. Since statically stable missiles are usually spun to reduce the effect of...Identify by block~ numbef) Symmetric Missile Roil Moment Resonance Spin Dynamic Stability Side Moment Damxping Moment Trim Moment Magnus Moment Moving...dlamping moments for nonspin- ning re-entry vehicles, nonlinear Magnus moments for spinning missiles, and internal resonances with moving payload

  8. Cost Effective Regional Ballistic Missile Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-02-16

    deploying advanced air defense systems18, such as the Russian S-300 and S-500, and concealing them in hardened, camouflaged sites, such as extensive... Russian objections to the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) and fund homeland defense priorities.39 Furthermore, the PTSS system was also... Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence Capability Becomes Operational,” Jane’s Missiles & Rockets, 1 February 2011. 55 Joseph W. Kirschbaum, REGIONAL MISSILE

  9. Theater Missile Defenses and U.S. Foreign Policy

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1992-01-01

    Tactical Missile Defense Initiative, which have as primary objectives the following: (A) The development of deployable and rapidly relocatable...countries as having some form of ballistic missile. Missiles are not only growing in numbers, but also in capabilities. In an even more disturbing trend...are advantageous in that they offer a specific counter to a growing threat that has until now gone unanswered without inherently increasing the

  10. The science, technology, and politics of ballistic missile defense

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Coyle, Philip E.

    America's missile defense systems are deployed at home and abroad. This includes the Groundbased Missile Defense (GMD) system in Alaska and California, the Phased Adaptive Approach in Europe (EPAA), and regional systems in the Middle East and Asia. Unfortunately these systems lack workable architectures, and many of the required elements either don't work or are missing. Major review and reconsideration is needed of all elements of these systems. GMD performance in tests has gotten worse with time, when it ought to be getting better. A lack of political support is not to blame as the DoD spends about $10 billionmore » per year, and proposes to add about $5 billion over the next five years. Russia objects to the EPAA as a threat to its ICBM forces, and to the extensive deployment of U.S. military forces in countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania, once part of the Soviet Union. Going forward the U.S. should keep working with Russia whose cooperation will be key to diplomatic gains in the Middle East and elsewhere. Meanwhile, America's missile defenses face an enduring set of issues, especially target discrimination in the face of attacks designed to overwhelm the defenses, stage separation debris, chaff, decoys, and stealth. Dealing with target discrimination while also replacing, upgrading, or adding to the many elements of U.S. missiles defenses presents daunting budget priorities. A new look at the threat is warranted, and whether the U.S. needs to consider every nation that possesses even short-range missiles a threat to America. The proliferation of missiles of all sizes around the world is a growing problem, but expecting U.S. missile defenses to deal with all those missiles everywhere is unrealistic, and U.S. missile defenses, effective or not, are justifying more and more offensive missiles.« less

  11. The science, technology, and politics of ballistic missile defense

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Coyle, Philip E.

    2014-05-01

    America's missile defense systems are deployed at home and abroad. This includes the Groundbased Missile Defense (GMD) system in Alaska and California, the Phased Adaptive Approach in Europe (EPAA), and regional systems in the Middle East and Asia. Unfortunately these systems lack workable architectures, and many of the required elements either don't work or are missing. Major review and reconsideration is needed of all elements of these systems. GMD performance in tests has gotten worse with time, when it ought to be getting better. A lack of political support is not to blame as the DoD spends about 10 billion per year, and proposes to add about 5 billion over the next five years. Russia objects to the EPAA as a threat to its ICBM forces, and to the extensive deployment of U.S. military forces in countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania, once part of the Soviet Union. Going forward the U.S. should keep working with Russia whose cooperation will be key to diplomatic gains in the Middle East and elsewhere. Meanwhile, America's missile defenses face an enduring set of issues, especially target discrimination in the face of attacks designed to overwhelm the defenses, stage separation debris, chaff, decoys, and stealth. Dealing with target discrimination while also replacing, upgrading, or adding to the many elements of U.S. missiles defenses presents daunting budget priorities. A new look at the threat is warranted, and whether the U.S. needs to consider every nation that possesses even short-range missiles a threat to America. The proliferation of missiles of all sizes around the world is a growing problem, but expecting U.S. missile defenses to deal with all those missiles everywhere is unrealistic, and U.S. missile defenses, effective or not, are justifying more and more offensive missiles.

  12. 29 CFR 1952.243 - Final approval determination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... Lisburne Long Range Missile Base, Point Lay Short Range Missile Base, Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Fort Greeley Missile Defense in Delta Junction, the U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Support Commands...

  13. 29 CFR 1952.243 - Final approval determination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Lisburne Long Range Missile Base, Point Lay Short Range Missile Base, Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Fort Greeley Missile Defense in Delta Junction, the U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Support Commands...

  14. 29 CFR 1952.243 - Final approval determination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Lisburne Long Range Missile Base, Point Lay Short Range Missile Base, Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Fort Greeley Missile Defense in Delta Junction, the U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Support Commands...

  15. 29 CFR 1952.243 - Final approval determination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Lisburne Long Range Missile Base, Point Lay Short Range Missile Base, Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Fort Greeley Missile Defense in Delta Junction, the U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Support Commands...

  16. 29 CFR 1952.243 - Final approval determination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... Lisburne Long Range Missile Base, Point Lay Short Range Missile Base, Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Fort Greeley Missile Defense in Delta Junction, the U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Support Commands...

  17. Analysis of the development of missile-borne IR imaging detecting technologies

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Fan, Jinxiang; Wang, Feng

    2017-10-01

    Today's infrared imaging guiding missiles are facing many challenges. With the development of targets' stealth, new-style IR countermeasures and penetrating technologies as well as the complexity of the operational environments, infrared imaging guiding missiles must meet the higher requirements of efficient target detection, capability of anti-interference and anti-jamming and the operational adaptability in complex, dynamic operating environments. Missileborne infrared imaging detecting systems are constrained by practical considerations like cost, size, weight and power (SWaP), and lifecycle requirements. Future-generation infrared imaging guiding missiles need to be resilient to changing operating environments and capable of doing more with fewer resources. Advanced IR imaging detecting and information exploring technologies are the key technologies that affect the future direction of IR imaging guidance missiles. Infrared imaging detecting and information exploring technologies research will support the development of more robust and efficient missile-borne infrared imaging detecting systems. Novelty IR imaging technologies, such as Infrared adaptive spectral imaging, are the key to effectively detect, recognize and track target under the complicated operating and countermeasures environments. Innovative information exploring techniques for the information of target, background and countermeasures provided by the detection system is the base for missile to recognize target and counter interference, jamming and countermeasure. Modular hardware and software development is the enabler for implementing multi-purpose, multi-function solutions. Uncooled IRFPA detectors and High-operating temperature IRFPA detectors as well as commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology will support the implementing of low-cost infrared imaging guiding missiles. In this paper, the current status and features of missile-borne IR imaging detecting technologies are summarized. The key technologies and its development trends of missiles' IR imaging detecting technologies are analyzed.

  18. 38. Launch Area, Underground Missile Storage Structure, detail of conduit ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    38. Launch Area, Underground Missile Storage Structure, detail of conduit service junction - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  19. 29 CFR 1952.244 - Level of Federal enforcement.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... private contractors at Cape Lisburne Long Range Missile Base, Point Lay Short Range Missile Base, Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Fort Greeley Missile Defense in Delta Junction, the U.S. Coast Guard...

  20. 22. Launch Area, Missile Assembly Building VIEW SOUTHWEST, EAST AND ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    22. Launch Area, Missile Assembly Building VIEW SOUTHWEST, EAST AND NORTH ELEVATION - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  1. 20. Launch Area, Missile Assembly Building VIEW SOUTHEAST, NORTH AND ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    20. Launch Area, Missile Assembly Building VIEW SOUTHEAST, NORTH AND WEST ELEVATION - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  2. 21. Launch Area, Missile Assembly Building VIEW NORTHWEST, SOUTH AND ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    21. Launch Area, Missile Assembly Building VIEW NORTHWEST, SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATION - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  3. 29 CFR 1952.244 - Level of Federal enforcement.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... private contractors at Cape Lisburne Long Range Missile Base, Point Lay Short Range Missile Base, Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Fort Greeley Missile Defense in Delta Junction, the U.S. Coast Guard...

  4. 29 CFR 1952.244 - Level of Federal enforcement.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... private contractors at Cape Lisburne Long Range Missile Base, Point Lay Short Range Missile Base, Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Fort Greeley Missile Defense in Delta Junction, the U.S. Coast Guard...

  5. 29 CFR 1952.244 - Level of Federal enforcement.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... private contractors at Cape Lisburne Long Range Missile Base, Point Lay Short Range Missile Base, Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Fort Greeley Missile Defense in Delta Junction, the U.S. Coast Guard...

  6. Early Rockets

    NASA Image and Video Library

    2004-04-15

    This photograph is of the engine for the Redstone rocket. The Redstone ballistic missile was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Alabama, under the direction of Dr. von Braun. The Redstone engine was a modified and improved version of the Air Force's Navaho cruise missile engine of the late forties. The A-series, as this would be known, utilized a cylindrical combustion chamber as compared with the bulky, spherical V-2 chamber. By 1951, the Army was moving rapidly toward the design of the Redstone missile, and the production was begun in 1952. Redstone rockets became the "reliable workhorse" for America's early space program. As an example of its versatility, the Redstone was utilized in the booster for Explorer 1, the first American satellite, with no major changes to the engine or missile.

  7. A Simplified Guidance for Target Missiles Used in Ballistic Missile Defence Evaluation

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Prabhakar, N.; Kumar, I. D.; Tata, S. K.; Vaithiyanathan, V.

    2013-01-01

    A simplified guidance scheme for the target missiles used in Ballistic Missile Defence is presented in this paper. The proposed method has two major components, a Ground Guidance Computation (GGC) and an In-Flight Guidance Computation. The GGC which runs on the ground uses a missile model to generate attitude history in pitch plane and computes launch azimuth of the missile to compensate for the effect of earth rotation. The vehicle follows the pre launch computed attitude (theta) history in pitch plane and also applies the course correction in azimuth plane based on its deviation from the pre launch computed azimuth plane. This scheme requires less computations and counters In-flight disturbances such as wind, gust etc. quite efficiently. The simulation results show that the proposed method provides the satisfactory performance and robustness.

  8. Preventing ballistic missile proliferation: Lessons from Iraq. Master`s thesis

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Talay, B.J.

    1996-12-01

    This thesis examines the case of Iraq to assess the performance of the missile nonproliferation regime since 1970. By analyzing the methods used by Iraq to obtain missile systems and missile technology, this thesis assesses the ability of the international community to prevent ballistic missile proliferation. Understanding Iraq`s past capabilities as well as its post-war efforts to rebuild weapons programs and procurement networks, this thesis provides suggestions for improving the regime`s performance. This thesis finds that (1) prior to 1992, the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) failed in its attempts to prevent proliferation; (2) the existence of the MTCR, whilemore » necessary to slow proliferation, is not sufficient to prevent proliferation; and (3) additional enforcement is needed to counter weapons of mass destruction acquisition by resourceful and determined states.« less

  9. Design and Analysis of Discrete Lateral Autopilots for Coordinated Bank- to-Turn Missiles

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-12-01

    ANALYSIS OF DISCRETE LATERAL AUTOPILOTS FOR COORDINATED BANK-TO-TURN MISSILES * by Christos 1. Karadimas C)__ December 1935 LAJ *Thesis Advisor: Daniel .J...Include Security Clastfication) DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF DISCRETE LATERAL AUTOPILOTS FOR .- COORDINATED BANK-TO-TURN MISSILES A - H . R o KARADIMAS ...Coordinated Bank-to-Turn Missiles - by Christos I. Karadimas Lieutenant, Hellenic Navy B.S., Hellenic Naval Academy, 1976 Submitted in partial

  10. Missile Defense Acquisition: Failure Is Not An Option

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-01-26

    Missile Defense Acquisition: Failure is Not an Option 8 capabilities. Retired Marine General James Mattis ’ renowned quote rings true, “The enemy...american-missile-defense-why-failure-is- an-option. 18 Vago Muradian, “Interview: Gen. James Mattis , Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command,” 23 May...2010, http://archive.defensenews.com/article/20100523/DEFFEAT03/5230301/Gen- James - Mattis . 19 Institute for Defense Analyses, p. II-3. 20 Missile

  11. Military Power of the People’s Republic of China

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-01-01

    executed for taking bribes to approve fake drugs. Environment . China’s economic development has come at a significant environmental cost. Acceptable air... ASEAN : Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEM: Asia-Europe Meeting ASBM: Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile ASCM: Anti-Ship Cruise Missile ASM: Air-to...Capability IRBM: Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile LACM: Land Attack Cruise Missile LEO: Low Earth Orbit MaRV: Maneuvering Re- entry Vehicle MINUSTAH

  12. Ramjet Tactical Missile Propulsion Status

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2002-11-01

    EM Linear Actuator Figure 25 - MAR C-R-282Ramjet Figure 26 - AL4RC-R-282Ramjet Testing HIGH SPEED ANTI-RADIATION MISSILE DEMONSRATION ( HSAD ) The High...Speed Anti-Radiation Demonstration ( HSAD ) Project is focused on maturing an advanced propulsion concept that is compatible with the guidance...navigation and control (GNC) section of the Air-Ground Missile-88E (AGM-88f), Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) Program. The HSAD Project

  13. An overview of some monoplanar missile programs

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Spearman, M. L.

    1984-01-01

    A historical review is presented of some monoplanar missile systems in which the vehicle flight control was similar to that for a conventional aircraft. The review is essentially chronological, beginning prior to World War I, and includes worldwise programs. Illustrative examples of aerodynamic research with monoplanar missiles are presented including some comparisons with cruciform missiles. Some examples of current programs are presented and some particular mission applications for monoplanar systems are discussed.

  14. Theater Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense: Guarding the Back Door

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1999-06-01

    employ radio command, laser, anti- radiation homing, or electro-optical guidance systems. TASMs will benefit from the same technological developments...mile-range Al-Husayn missile within range of all major Israeli cities, and its nuclear facilities in the Negev desert. The existence of these sites...solutions (“engage on remote”), or simply launch missiles without radiating , and allow the AFCR to guide the missiles to the target

  15. Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2005-06-23

    delivery vehicles ” — bombers, missile submarines, and land-based missiles — each of which would typically carry a new-design warhead tailored to its...weight because bombers carry heavier loads than missiles. 26 Ballistic missiles carry warheads inside reentry vehicles (RVs). An RV is a streamlined...shell that protects its warhead from the intense heat and other stresses of reentering the atmosphere at high speed. RVs are designed to carry a

  16. Calculation and design of a ramjet missile

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Schubert, Johannes

    The fundamentals for the design of a ramjet missile are treated. The chemical fundamentals of the solid rocket propellants used for ramjet missiles are outlined. The determination of the most favorable flying speed is discussed. The thermodynamic fundamentals (calculation of the solid propellant missile, calculation of the mixing procedure and the after burning in the pressure nozzle, and power calculation) are presented. The design specifications of the propulsion system are given.

  17. The Science and Technology of the US National Missile Defense System

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Postol, Theodore A.

    2010-03-01

    The National Missile Defense System utilizes UHF and X-band radars for search, track and discrimination, and interceptors that use long-wave infrared sensors to identify and home on attacking warheads. The radars and infrared sensors in the missile defense system perform at near the theoretical limits predicted by physics. However, in spite of the fantastic technical advances in sensor technology, signal processing, and computational support functions, the National Missile Defense System cannot be expected to ever work in realistic combat environments. This talk will describe why these impressive technologies can never deliver on the promise of a credible defense against long-range ballistic missiles.

  18. An Aerodynamic Analysis of a Spinning Missile with Dithering Canards

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Meakin, Robert L.; Nygaard, Tor A.

    2003-01-01

    A generic spinning missile with dithering canards is used to demonstrate the utility of an overset structured grid approach for simulating the aerodynamics of rolling airframe missile systems. The approach is used to generate a modest aerodynamic database for the generic missile. The database is populated with solutions to the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations. It is used to evaluate grid resolution requirements for accurate prediction of instantaneous missile loads and the relative aerodynamic significance of angle-of-attack, canard pitching sequence, viscous effects, and roll-rate effects. A novel analytical method for inter- and extrapolation of database results is also given.

  19. Recovery of a Missile Embolus From the Right Ventricle.

    PubMed

    Marshall, Clement D; Ma, Michael R; Park, Julia; Sheckter, Clifford C; Massoudi, Rustin A; Ligman, Cathleen M; Jou, Ronald M; Ogden, William D

    2017-01-01

    Missile embolism is a clinical entity in which a projectile object enters a blood vessel and is carried to a distant part of the body. We present a case of the discovery of an iliac vein to right ventricle missile embolus in a young man, with successful extraction through a right atriotomy. We provide a historical overview of the literature concerning missile embolism, and we argue that whereas acute embolized projectiles should be removed in almost all cases, it may be reasonable to simply observe an asymptomatic chronic missile embolus. Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  20. 19. Launch Area, general view of Missile Assembly Building and ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    19. Launch Area, general view of Missile Assembly Building and Generator Building VIEW SOUTHWEST - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  1. 24. Launch Area, Missile Assembly Building, detail of original work ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    24. Launch Area, Missile Assembly Building, detail of original work cabinets VIEW NORTHWEST - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  2. 37. Launch Area, Underground Missile Storage Structure, detail of personnel ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    37. Launch Area, Underground Missile Storage Structure, detail of personnel entrance VIEW NORTH - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  3. 40. Launch Area, Underground Missile Storage Structure, detail of escape ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    40. Launch Area, Underground Missile Storage Structure, detail of escape hatch and decontamination shower VIEW WEST - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  4. Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-02-13

    Ballistic Missiles Congressional Research Service Forward-Based Global Strike ( FBGS ...missiles in the CPGS program. Forward-Based Global Strike ( FBGS ) Analysts have also explored the option of deploying long-range land-based ballistic

  5. Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Clear Air Force Station, ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    Ballistic Missile Early Warning System - Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

  6. 10. Storage and shipping container, ballistic missile, mounted on ballistic ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    10. Storage and shipping container, ballistic missile, mounted on ballistic missile trailer, view from left front - Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127 off Interstate 90, Interior, Jackson County, SD

  7. 11. Storage and shipping container, ballistic missile, mounted on ballistic ...

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    11. Storage and shipping container, ballistic missile, mounted on ballistic missile trailer, view from left side - Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127 off Interstate 90, Interior, Jackson County, SD

  8. 11. View from heat sink, south oblique of missile site ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    11. View from heat sink, south oblique of missile site control building - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

  9. Development of System Architecture to Investigate the Impact of Integrated Air and Missile Defense in a Distributed Lethality Environment

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-12-01

    SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE IN A DISTRIBUTED LETHALITY ENVIRONMENT by Justin K. Davis...TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE IN A DISTRIBUTED LETHALITY ENVIRONMENT 5. FUNDING NUMBERS 6. AUTHOR(S) Justin K...ARCHITECTURE TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE IN A DISTRIBUTED LETHALITY ENVIRONMENT Justin K. Davis Lieutenant

  10. BMDO Raptor/Talon Program

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1993-06-01

    During the lambing season, disturbance to the sheep potentially jeopardizes lamb survival, and thus the overall stability of the herd June 1993...New Mexico 88004 May 3, 1993 Commander U.S. Army, White Sands Missile Range ATTN: STEWS -ES-E (Bldg. T-150) White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico...263 2-22-93-1-264 Commander U.S. Army, White Sands Missile Range ATTN: STEWS -ES-E (Bldg. T-150) White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 88002

  11. Regional Power Ballistic Missiles. An Emerging Threat to Deployed US forces?

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1990-05-01

    packaging and dispensing submunitions are straightforward: the MLRS submunitions are simply nestled in polyurethane foam ; and cluster munitions such as the...several U.S. mobile ballistic missile systems, both ground-launched and air-launched. The Army Tactical Missile System ( ATACMS ), a mobile TBM...weight class have also been presented. (99:185-187) Warheads with "light" submunitions are used on the US LANCE and Army Tactical Missile System ( ATACMS

  12. Hyperheat: a thermal signature model for super- and hypersonic missiles

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    van Binsbergen, S. A.; van Zelderen, B.; Veraar, R. G.; Bouquet, F.; Halswijk, W. H. C.; Schleijpen, H. M. A.

    2017-10-01

    In performance prediction of IR sensor systems for missile detection, apart from the sensor specifications, target signatures are essential variables. Very often, for velocities up to Mach 2-2.5, a simple model based on the aerodynamic heating of a perfect gas was used to calculate the temperatures of missile targets. This typically results in an overestimate of the target temperature with correspondingly large infrared signatures and detection ranges. Especially for even higher velocities, this approach is no longer accurate. Alternatives like CFD calculations typically require more complex sets of inputs and significantly more computing power. The MATLAB code Hyperheat was developed to calculate the time-resolved skin temperature of axisymmetric high speed missiles during flight, taking into account the behaviour of non-perfect gas and proper heat transfer to the missile surface. Allowing for variations in parameters like missile shape, altitude, atmospheric profile, angle of attack, flight duration and super- and hypersonic velocities up to Mach 30 enables more accurate calculations of the actual target temperature. The model calculates a map of the skin temperature of the missile, which is updated over the flight time of the missile. The sets of skin temperature maps are calculated within minutes, even for >100 km trajectories, and can be easily converted in thermal infrared signatures for further processing. This paper discusses the approach taken in Hyperheat. Then, the thermal signature of a set of typical missile threats is calculated using both the simple aerodynamic heating model and the Hyperheat code. The respective infrared signatures are compared, as well as the difference in the corresponding calculated detection ranges.

  13. 42. Launch Area, Underground Missile Storage Structure, detail of escape ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    42. Launch Area, Underground Missile Storage Structure, detail of escape hatch, elevator and air vent VIEW SOUTH - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  14. Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2013-01-10

    and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles Congressional Research Service Forward-Based Global Strike ( FBGS ...they may address the nuclear ambiguity issues raised by long-range ballistic missiles in the CPGS program. Forward-Based Global Strike ( FBGS

  15. 36. Launch Area, Underground Missile Storage Structure, detail showing elevator, ...

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    36. Launch Area, Underground Missile Storage Structure, detail showing elevator, air ventilators and personnel entrance VIEW SOUTHEAST - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  16. 77 FR 3514 - Protection Against Turbine Missiles

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-01-24

    ... NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2009-0481] Protection Against Turbine Missiles AGENCY: Nuclear... (NRC or Commission) is issuing a revision to Regulatory Guide 1.115, ``Protection Against Turbine... structures, systems, and components against missiles resulting from turbine failure by the appropriate...

  17. Fire in the City Airpower in Urban, Smaller-Scale Contingencies

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1999-06-01

    139, 146. 52 Ibid., 141-142. 53 Ibid., 142-143. 54 Ibid., 137, 145-146. 35 guided Maverick missiles. Tanks, artillery, and naval guns delivered an...used Maverick missiles and relatively small 500-pound bombs to limit collateral damage. The Maverick missile, normally an anti-tank weapon, was the...floor of a selected building. The Maverick could also reliably strike a vertical target. That is, because it is a powered missile, pilots were able to

  18. Wernher von Braun

    NASA Image and Video Library

    1960-01-01

    In this photo, Director of the US Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) Development Operations Division, Dr. Wernher von Braun, is standing before a display of Army missiles celebrating ABMA's Fourth Open House. The missiles in the background include (left to right) a satellite on a Juno II shroud with a Nike Ajax pointing left in front of a Jupiter missile. The Lacrosse is in front of the Juno II. The Nike Hercules points skyward in front of the Juno II and the Redstone.

  19. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Canavan, G.H.

    At low force levels stability indices depend primarily on the number of vulnerable missiles and the number of weapons on them. The index reduces to a product of the number of vulnerable missiles and the differences between normalized second and first strikes by vulnerable weapons. As the number of weapons per vulnerable missile decreases, the index rapidly approaches stability. Further reductions in vulnerable and survivable missiles and weapons do not affect stability, although they do reduce first and second strikes. Modest weapon reconstitution degrades stability significantly.

  20. Bone as a secondary missile: an experimental study in the fragmenting of bone by high-velocity missiles.

    PubMed

    Amato, J J; Syracuse, D; Seaver, P R; Rich, N

    1989-05-01

    Destruction to soft tissues by bone fragments has been described in the literature. Civilian and military injuries have been reported in which bone fragments have acted as secondary missiles. This experimental study demonstrates, in detail, the formation of the temporary cavity within bone and the forward motion of these bone spicules. The knowledge of the ballistics will assist in the treatment of wounds caused by high-velocity missiles.

  1. Unit Reference Sheet (URS) Cost Methodology.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1980-08-01

    LAUNCHER MONORAIL GUIDED MISSILE: W/E (NIKE-HERCULES) L45740 LAUNCHER TUBULAR GUIDED MISSILE: (TOW) L45757 LAUNCHER ZERO LENGTH GUIDED MISSILE: (IMP-HAWK...L76762 LOADER TRANSPORTER GUIDED MISSILE: W/E (HAWK) M57503 MOBILE TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM: USED TO SUPPORT MQM 34 ( FIRE BEE) M57549 MOBILITY KIT GUIDED...HIGH RATE THREE BARREL W/E J96479 GUN AUTOMATIC 20 MILLIMETER: GAS OPERATED MANUAL OR ELECT FIRED J96481 GUN AUTOMATIC 20 MILLIMETER: ELECTRIC J96694 GUN

  2. Another Brick in the Wall: The Israeli Experience in Missile Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2015-04-01

    region. In particular, the way the Is- raelis decapitated the Egyptian Air Force on June 5 in only 3 hours engendered tremendous awe among the Arab...in a memo, “Iraq has the most aggressive and advanced ballistic missile development program in the Arab World.”8 Like the Egyptians , the Iraqis...range ballistic missile (SRBM) delivered in 1973 shortly be- fore the war with Israel. Like the Egyptians , the Syr- ians also used their missiles

  3. REDUCTIONS WITHOUT REGRET: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Swegle, J.; Tincher, D.

    This is the first of three papers (in addition to an introductory summary) aimed at providing a framework for evaluating future reductions or modifications of the U.S. nuclear force, first by considering previous instances in which nuclear-force capabilities were eliminated; second by looking forward into at least the foreseeable future at the features of global and regional deterrence (recognizing that new weapon systems currently projected will have expected lifetimes stretching beyond our ability to predict the future); and third by providing examples of past or possible undesirable outcomes in the shaping of the future nuclear force, as well as somemore » closing thoughts for the future. This paper examines the circumstances and consequences of the elimination of The INF-range Pershing II ballistic missile and Gryphon Ground-Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM), deployed by NATO under a dual-track strategy to counter Soviet intermediate-range missiles while pursuing negotiations to limit or eliminate all of these missiles. The Short-Range Attack Missile (SRAM), which was actually a family of missiles including SRAM A, SRAM B (never deployed), and SRAM II and SRAM T, these last two cancelled during an over-budget/behind-schedule development phase as part of the Presidential Nuclear Initiatives of 1991 and 1992. The nuclear-armed version of the Tomahawk Land-Attack Cruise Missile (TLAM/N), first limited to shore-based storage by the PNIs, and finally eliminated in deliberations surrounding the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review Report. The Missile-X (MX), or Peacekeeper, a heavy MIRVed ICBM, deployed in fixed silos, rather than in an originally proposed mobile mode. Peacekeeper was likely intended as a bargaining chip to facilitate elimination of Russian heavy missiles. The plan failed when START II did not enter into force, and the missiles were eliminated at the end of their intended service life. The Small ICBM (SICBM), or Midgetman, a road-mobile, single-warhead missile for which per-unit costs were climbing when it was eliminated under the PNIs. Although there were liabilities associated with each of these systems, there were also unique capabilities; this paper lays out the pros and cons for each. Further, we articulate the capabilities that were eliminated with these systems.« less

  4. 32 CFR 525.5 - Entry authorization (procedure).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ENTRY AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.5 Entry... the National Range Commander, the Commander, Kwajalein Missile Range or the designated representative... the Commander, Kwajalein Missile Range, responds to an application, and the National Range Commander...

  5. 32 CFR 525.5 - Entry authorization (procedure).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ENTRY AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.5 Entry... the National Range Commander, the Commander, Kwajalein Missile Range or the designated representative... the Commander, Kwajalein Missile Range, responds to an application, and the National Range Commander...

  6. 32 CFR 525.5 - Entry authorization (procedure).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ENTRY AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.5 Entry... the National Range Commander, the Commander, Kwajalein Missile Range or the designated representative... the Commander, Kwajalein Missile Range, responds to an application, and the National Range Commander...

  7. 10. Site D57 & 58L, Underground Missile Storage Structure, Type ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    10. Site D-57 & 58-L, Underground Missile Storage Structure, Type B, Plans, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 13 December 1953 - Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58, Launch Area, Newport Road, Carleton, Monroe County, MI

  8. 32 CFR 525.5 - Entry authorization (procedure).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ENTRY AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.5 Entry... the National Range Commander, the Commander, Kwajalein Missile Range or the designated representative... the Commander, Kwajalein Missile Range, responds to an application, and the National Range Commander...

  9. 32 CFR 525.5 - Entry authorization (procedure).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ENTRY AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.5 Entry... the National Range Commander, the Commander, Kwajalein Missile Range or the designated representative... the Commander, Kwajalein Missile Range, responds to an application, and the National Range Commander...

  10. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Florini, A.M.; Potter, W.C.

    US and Soviet arms control negotiators were able to agree, with relative ease, on the general outline for deep reductions in strategic arms (START). But it has proved more difficult for them to decide what to do with all the missiles that will be decommissioned as a consequence of the treaty. Neither the US nor the Soviet Union is inclined to follow the INF Treaty precedent in which all the costly intermediate-range missiles were destroyed - a wasteful, if straightforward and readily verifiable, approach. Instead, START negotiators are considering plans to convert treaty-prohibited missiles into peaceful space-lauch vehicles. To date,more » however, the two sides have been unable to agree on what constitutes peaceful uses. An increasingly sharp dispute has arisen over whether the START missiles should be used only for civilian purposes, or whether some military uses would be permitted. There is little doubt about the technical and economic feasibility of conversion. Converted missiles have carried non-weapons payloads into space from the dawn of the space age. Despite the extensive experience both superpowers have in converting military missiles to space launchers, no missile conversion has yet been undertaken as a consequence of any arms reduction accord. 7 refs.« less

  11. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Krieg, R.

    For future pressurized-water reactors, which should be designed against core-meltdown accidents, missiles generated inside the containment present a severe problem for its integrity. The masses and geometries of the missiles, as well as their velocities, may vary to a great extent. Therefore a reliable proof of the containment integrity is very difficult. In this article the potential sources of missiles are discussed, and the conclusion was reached that the generation of heavy missiles must be prevented. Steam explosions must not damage the reactor vessel head. Thus fragments of the head cannot become missiles that endanger the containment shell. Furthermore, duringmore » a melt-through failure of the reactor vessel under high pressure, the resulting forces must not catapult the whole vessel against the containment shell. Only missiles caused by hydrogen explosions may be tolerable, but shielding structures that protect the containment shell may be required. Further investigations are necessary. Finally, measures are described showing that the generation of heavy missiles can indeed be prevented. Investigations are currently being carried out that will confirm the strength of the reactor vessel head. In addition, a device for retaining the fragments of a failing reactor vessel is discussed.« less

  12. Comparison of gimbal approaches to decrease drag force and radar cross sectional area in missile application

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Sakarya, Doǧan Uǧur

    2017-05-01

    Drag force effect is an important aspect of range performance in missile applications especially for long flight time. However, old fashioned gimbal approaches force to increase missile diameter. This increase has negative aspect of rising in both drag force and radar cross sectional area. A new gimbal approach was proposed recently. It uses a beam steering optical arrangement. Therefore, it needs less volume envelope for same field of regard and same optomechanical assembly than the old fashioned gimbal approaches. In addition to longer range performance achieved with same fuel in the new gimbal approach, this method provides smaller cross sectional area which can be more invisible in enemies' radar. In this paper, the two gimbal approaches - the old fashioned one and the new one- are compared in order to decrease drag force and radar cross sectional area in missile application. In this study; missile parameters are assumed to generate gimbal and optical design parameters. Optical design is performed according to these missile criteria. Two gimbal configurations are designed with respect to modeled missile parameters. Also analyzes are performed to show decreased drag force and radar cross sectional area in the new approach for comparison.

  13. 32 CFR 525.3 - Criteria.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.3 Criteria. (a) General. (1) Entry authorizations may... efficiency, capability or effectiveness of any military installation located within Kwajalein Missile Range... area entirely within the borders of Kwajalein Missile Range is not authorized except when such entry...

  14. 32 CFR 525.3 - Criteria.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.3 Criteria. (a) General. (1) Entry authorizations may... efficiency, capability or effectiveness of any military installation located within Kwajalein Missile Range... area entirely within the borders of Kwajalein Missile Range is not authorized except when such entry...

  15. 32 CFR 525.3 - Criteria.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.3 Criteria. (a) General. (1) Entry authorizations may... efficiency, capability or effectiveness of any military installation located within Kwajalein Missile Range... area entirely within the borders of Kwajalein Missile Range is not authorized except when such entry...

  16. 32 CFR 525.3 - Criteria.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.3 Criteria. (a) General. (1) Entry authorizations may... efficiency, capability or effectiveness of any military installation located within Kwajalein Missile Range... area entirely within the borders of Kwajalein Missile Range is not authorized except when such entry...

  17. U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  18. 32 CFR 525.3 - Criteria.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... AUTHORIZATION REGULATION FOR KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE § 525.3 Criteria. (a) General. (1) Entry authorizations may... efficiency, capability or effectiveness of any military installation located within Kwajalein Missile Range... area entirely within the borders of Kwajalein Missile Range is not authorized except when such entry...

  19. The National Research Council study: "Making sense of ballistic missile defense"

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Wilkening, Dean A.

    2014-05-01

    This chapter explains and summarizes the main findings of a recent National Research Council study entitled Making Sense of Ballistic Missile Defense: An Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives.

  20. Range Reference Atmosphere 0-70 Km Altitude. Kwajalein Missile Range, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1982-01-01

    DOCUMENT 360-82 KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE KWAJALEIN, MARSHALL ISLANDS RANGE REFERENCE ATMOSPHERE 0-70 KM ALTITUDE, C00 L’’I METEOROLOGY GROUP .RANGE...34Reference Atmosphere (Part 1), Kwajale 4n Missile Range, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands ," ADA002664. * 19. KEY WORDS (Continue on revorsae d. If necoeewy...CLASSIFICATION OF TIlS PAGE (Whe~n Data EnterecD -v DOCUMENT 360-82 Vo- KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE KWAJALEIN, MARSHALL ISLANDS RANGE REFERENCE ATMOSPHERE 0-70 km

  1. The present status and the future of missile aerodynamics

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Nielsen, Jack N.

    1989-01-01

    Recent developments in the state of the art in missile aerodynamics are reviewed. Among the subjects covered are: (1) Tri-service/NASA data base, (2) wing-body interference, (3) nonlinear controls, (4) hypersonic transition, (5) vortex interference, (6) airbreathers, supersonic inlets, (7) store separation problems, (8) correlation of missile data, (9) CFD codes for complete configurations, (10) engineering prediction methods, and (11) future configurations. Suggestions are made for future research and development to advance the state of the art of missile aerodynamics.

  2. Launch Vehicles

    NASA Image and Video Library

    1961-01-01

    This is a comparison illustration of the Redstone, Jupiter-C, and Mercury Redstone launch vehicles. The Redstone ballistic missile was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile. Originally developed as a nose cone re-entry test vehicle for the Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile, the Jupiter-C was a modification of the Redstone missile and successfully launched the first American Satellite, Explorer-1, in orbit on January 31, 1958. The Mercury Redstone lifted off carrying the first American, astronaut Alan Shepard, in his Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7, on May 5, 1961.

  3. The present status and the future of missile aerodynamics

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Nielsen, Jack N.

    1988-01-01

    Some recent developments in the state of the art in missile aerodynamics are reviewed. Among the subjects covered are: (1) tri-service/NASA data base, (2) wing-body interference, (3) nonlinear controls, (4) hypersonic transition, (5) vortex interference, (6) airbreathers, supersonic inlets, (7) store separation problems, (8) correlation of missile data, (9) CFD codes for complete configurations, (10) engineering prediction methods, and (11) future configurations. Suggestions are made for future research and development to advance the state of the art of missile aerodynamics.

  4. Selective management of embolized intracardiac missiles.

    PubMed

    Gandhi, S K; Marts, B C; Mistry, B M; Brown, J W; Durham, R M; Mazuski, J E

    1996-07-01

    Intracardiac projectiles are occasionally found in stable patients who have sustained penetrating trauma. These missiles may arise from embolization from a peripheral injury site. We describe 3 patients with embolized intracardiac projectiles. The diagnosis was suggested by the presence of a foreign body within the cardiac silhouette on chest roentgenograms and was confirmed using fluoroscopy, echocardiography, or computed tomography. The management of embolized intracardiac missiles should be individualized to each patient. All of our patients had fixed intracavitary right-sided missiles and were successfully managed expectantly.

  5. 7. Photographic copy of photograph, date unknown (original print in ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    7. Photographic copy of photograph, date unknown (original print in possession of James E. Zielinski Earth Tech, Huntsville, AL). Pan American World Airways, photographer. Aerial view (north to south) of missile launch area. Warhead handling building can be seen at the bottom center of the picture and the universal missile building in the middle right. In the distance can be seen the missile site control building and related structures - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

  6. Final Environmental Assessment of the Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-Off Missile (JASSM) Development and Evaluation Testing, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2001-12-01

    Explosive Test Site Program Definition and Risk Reduction Permissible Exposure Limit Program Executive Office Propellants, Explosives, and...each test vehicle is flown in the captive mode and critical systems are functioned to further remove risk of failure due to the flight environment...of other inferior missiles would require a larger number of missiles, at increased procurement costs and risk to aircraft and crew, in order to

  7. Directed Energy Technology Working Group Report (IDA/OSD R&M (Institute for Defense Analyses/Office of the Secretary of Defense Reliability and Maintainability) Study).

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1983-08-01

    Missile (SLBM) Defense Scenario ............................................ B-1 C Space-Based Anti-Ballistic Missile ( ABM ) Defense Scenario...Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Defense Scenario, and at Strategic Space-Based Anti-Ballistic Missile ( ABM ) Defense Scenario. These case studies are provided...of flight. 3.5.3 Spaced-Based ABM Defense Scenario In this scenario, an orbiting battle station is operating as an element of GBMD System, and it is

  8. China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2007-05-09

    medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM), which is based on the North Korean No Dong missile. U.S. intelligence was said to suspect that China Poly Ventures...stories, the DCI reported in August 2000 that, besides North Korean help, PRC entities provided “increased assistance” to Pakistan’s ballistic missile...development of the Shahab-3 and Shahab-4 MRBMs (with ranges, respectively, of about 800 mi. and 1,250 mi.). Over 100 PRC and North Korean experts worked there

  9. Index to the Shock and Vibration Bulletins

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1968-02-01

    125 modulus of elasticity vs tempera- ture for, 26-2-120 and nickel-chromium alloy, rupture life and creep rate, 26-2-288 Nike -Tomahawk missiles...measurement, 29-1-65 of missiles on wing of B-52, 28-1-187 of Nike -Zeus missiles, 31-1-21 prediction for large missiles, 28-4-28 on RB-66 and A3D...related to, 35-6-99 Charge weight vs crater radius, 32-2-38 Charpy tests of steel bars, 28-4-273 Chemical explosions nuclear detonation

  10. Secondary missile injury from lightning strike.

    PubMed

    Blumenthal, Ryan

    2012-03-01

    A 48-year-old-woman was struck dead by lightning on October 24, 2010, in Pretoria, South Africa. The cause of death was due to direct lightning strike. Examination showed secondary missile injury on her legs. This secondary missile (shrapnel) injury was caused by the lightning striking the concrete pavement next to her. Small pieces of concrete were located embedded within the shrapnel wounds. This case report represents the first documented case of secondary missile formation (shrapnel injury) due to lightning strike in the literature.

  11. The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier: An American Response to the Chinese Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) Challenge

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2013-04-01

    Battalion-71 st Artillery to Taiwan with the new Nike -Hercules missile batteries. 121 The idea of an active defense against missiles has been...The 2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery ( Nike -Hercules) Defends Northern Taiwan 1958-1959.” http://www.2-71adataiwan.com/Member%20Articles/RHM...Beijing: PLA Literature and Arts Publishing House, February 1999. Mackintosh, Robert H. “The 2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery ( Nike -Hercules

  12. Bodies with noncircular cross sections and bank-to-turn missiles

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Jackson, C. M., Jr.; Sawyer, W. C.

    1986-01-01

    An evaluation is made of prospective missile applications for noncircular cross section bodies, and of recent developments in bank-to-turn missile configuration aerodynamics. The discussion encompasses cross-flow analysis techniques, as well as study results obtained for bodies with elliptical and square cross sections and with variable cross sections. Attention is given to both the performance advantages and the stability and control problems of bank-to-turn missile configurations; the aerodynamic data presented for monoplanar configurations extend to those incorporating airbreathing propulsion systems.

  13. The Gulf War's impact on ballistic missile defense systems

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Likourezos, G.

    1993-01-01

    During Desert Storm the United States and its allies had an overwhelming advantage over the Iraqi armed forces. Nonetheless, the Iraqis managed to strike Israel and Saudi Arabia with Scud missiles. Because of the changing political climate and the expanding transfer of technology among nations, there is great concern by the US Government about missile proliferation and the ability of any country to obtain weapons of mass destruction. The US Government tried to downplay this concern for many years until the recent events in the Middle East affirmed its seriousness. The truth is that every year countries once thought tomore » pose no international threat are acquiring biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. Moreover, state-sponsored terrorist organizations could conceivably acquire these weapons in the future. In response to these concerns and in light of the lessons learned from the Gulf War, President George Bush in January 1991 redirected the SDI Program to concentrate on providing protection from limited ballistic missile strikes, rather than from an all-out nuclear missile attack by the Soviet Union. The Patriot air defense system, after knocking out Iraqi Scuds in the Gulf War with a near perfect record, appears for now to be the working model for the development of advanced ballistic missile defense systems - direct-kill missiles and projectiles instead of laser and particle beams. Even though the Patriot's use in Desert Storm has been argued by some to have been militarily insignificant, it has managed to change the viewpoint of many political and scientific leaders into believing that ballistic missile defense systems are needed to defend peaceful population centers and military installations from missile strikes like the ones on Israel and Saudi Arabia. 18 refs.« less

  14. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Kennedy, W.S.; Kovacic, S.M.; Rea, E.C.

    The development of ballistic missiles and particularly intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by the U.S. space technology manufacturer is examined. Collaboration by the company with the U.S. Air Force is described which began in the 1950s and combined systems engineering and technical assistance. Missile products reviewed in this paper include Atlas, Thor, Titans I and II, Minuteman I, II, III, the Peacekeeper, and the small ICBM. The company developed facilities and programs to support the R and D activities for the missile products, and descriptions are given of the Space Technologies Laboratory and the Ballistic Missiles Division. Contributions to ICBM technologiesmore » by the concern include carbon-carbon nozzle materials, propellant formulation data, movable nozzles, casting techniques for large volumes of propellants, and studies of fracture mechanics. 41 refs.« less

  15. Development and qualification of the US Cruise Missile Propulsion System

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Reardon, William H.; Cifone, Anthony J.

    1992-09-01

    This paper provides a description of the very successful Cruise Missile gas turbine propulsion program managed by the United States Department of Defense. The paper contains a summary of the procurement process, the technical and programmatic milestones, issues and challenges, and lessons learned. In the past fifteen years, testing at the Naval Air Propulsion Center has included over 800 cruise engine development and component substantiation efforts spanning the engine specification qualification requirements. This paper provides a detailed account of environmental test techniques used to qualify the F107 family of gas turbine engines which propel the U.S. Cruise Missile. In addition, a missile freestream flight test simulation for the TOMAHAWK Cruise Missile is discussed along with current and future program efforts.

  16. [Traumatology due to ancient lead missile projectiles].

    PubMed

    Moog, Ferdinand Peter

    2002-01-01

    The lead missiles of slingers in antiquity, known as glans or molybdis, are widely considered to have been very dangerous projectiles of the ancient armies. Ballistic investigations and results of experimental archaeology seem to confirm this. However, the findings of medical history concerning these missiles disagree with this view. In ancient medical texts these missiles are only mentioned sporadically, as in Celsus or Paul of Aigina, and wounds caused by them are merely discussed incidentally. There is so far no evidence at all on them in palaeopathology. It is undisputed however that in individual cases these missiles were able to cause serious injuries, especially when they hit unprotected parts of the body. Accordingly, their main effect seems to have consisted in the intimidation of the enemy.

  17. External store effects on the stability of fighter and interceptor airplanes. [application to military aircraft mission requirements

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Spearman, M. L.; Sawyer, W. C.

    1974-01-01

    Some criteria for external carriage of missiles for fighter aircraft intended for aerial combat missions and for fighter-interceptor missions are considered. The mission requirements discussed include the short-range fighter-interceptor, the short-range interceptor, the medium-range interceptor, and the long-range interceptor. Missiles types considered to be compatible with the various point mission designs include the short-range missile, the medium-range missile, and the long-range missile. From the study, it appears that point mission design aircraft can be arranged in such a way that the required external-store arrangement will not impair the stability of the aircraft. An extensive reference list of NASA external store research is included.

  18. 50 CFR 217.54 - Mitigation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental To Target and Missile Launch Activities From San... Authorization must not enter pinniped haul-out sites below the missile's predicted flight path for 2 hours prior to planned missile launches. (2) The holder of the Letter of Authorization must avoid, whenever...

  19. Volpe Participation In Cooperative Threat Reduction: Nuclear Missiles In The Former USSR

    DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

    2000-08-01

    This article discusses the supporting efforts of the Volpe Center to reduce the missile arsenal of the former USSR in accordance with international treaties. The safe transportation of the missiles by rail is a key component of the cooperative effort...

  20. Missile defense and strategic stability: Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea

    DOE PAGES

    Sankaran, Jaganath; Fearey, Bryan L.

    2017-02-06

    South Korea is threatened by its troubled relationship with North Korea. North Korea possesses a large cache of missiles as well as chemical and biological weapons, and the future potential to mount nuclear weapons on its missiles. The United States is also challenged because of its defense commitments to Seoul. As a countermeasure, the United States and South Korea decided to deploy Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defenses in South Korea. However, China has objected. Chinese scholars believe the THAAD radar would be able to track Chinese inter-continental ballistic missiles, thereby weakening their deterrent. A technical analysis doesmore » not support this assertion. But, it is vital for South Korea, given its proximity and economic interdependence, to reassure China. The United States Forces Korea will deploy THAD and that is not a commitment by Seoul to become part of U.S.-led missile defenses in the Asia-Pacific.« less

  1. Radar waveform requirements for reliable detection of an aircraft-launched missile

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Blair, W. Dale; Brandt-Pearce, Maite

    1996-06-01

    When tracking a manned aircraft with a phase array radar, detecting a missile launch (i.e., a target split) is particularly important because the missile can have a very small radar cross section (RCS) and drop below the horizon of the radar shortly after launch. Reliable detection of the launch is made difficult because the RCS of the missile is very small compared to that of the manned aircraft and the radar typically revisits a manned aircraft every few seconds. Furthermore, any measurements of the aircraft and missile taken shortly after the launch will be merged until the two targets are resolved in range, frequency, or space. In this paper, detection of the launched missile is addressed through the detection of the presence of target multiplicity with the in-phase and quadrature monopulse measurements. The probability of detecting the launch using monopulse processing will be studied with regard to the tracking signal-to-noise ratio and the number of pulses n the radar waveform.

  2. Computer aided design and manufacturing of composite propfan blades for a cruise missile wind tunnel model

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Thorp, Scott A.; Downey, Kevin M.

    1992-01-01

    One of the propulsion concepts being investigated for future cruise missiles is advanced unducted propfans. To support the evaluation of this technology applied to the cruise missile, a joint DOD and NASA test project was conducted to design and then test the characteristics of the propfans on a 0.55-scale, cruise missile model in a NASA wind tunnel. The configuration selected for study is a counterrotating rearward swept propfan. The forward blade row, having six blades, rotates in a counterclockwise direction, and the aft blade row, having six blades, rotates in a clockwise direction, as viewed from aft of the test model. Figures show the overall cruise missile and propfan blade configurations. The objective of this test was to evaluate propfan performance and suitability as a viable propulsion option for next generation of cruise missiles. This paper details the concurrent computer aided design, engineering, and manufacturing of the carbon fiber/epoxy propfan blades as the NASA Lewis Research Center.

  3. Missile defense and strategic stability: Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Sankaran, Jaganath; Fearey, Bryan L.

    South Korea is threatened by its troubled relationship with North Korea. North Korea possesses a large cache of missiles as well as chemical and biological weapons, and the future potential to mount nuclear weapons on its missiles. The United States is also challenged because of its defense commitments to Seoul. As a countermeasure, the United States and South Korea decided to deploy Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defenses in South Korea. However, China has objected. Chinese scholars believe the THAAD radar would be able to track Chinese inter-continental ballistic missiles, thereby weakening their deterrent. A technical analysis doesmore » not support this assertion. But, it is vital for South Korea, given its proximity and economic interdependence, to reassure China. The United States Forces Korea will deploy THAD and that is not a commitment by Seoul to become part of U.S.-led missile defenses in the Asia-Pacific.« less

  4. The effect of multiple antireflective coatings and center thickness on resistance of polycarbonate spectacle lenses to penetration by pointed missiles.

    PubMed

    Chou, B Ralph; Gupta, Alina; Hovis, Jeffery K

    2005-11-01

    Previous work has shown that the impact resistance to blunt missiles is affected by coatings applied to either CR-39 or polycarbonate lenses. We investigated the effects of multiple antireflection (minimum angle of resolution [MAR]) coatings on the resistance of polycarbonate lenses to puncture on impact by sharp, high-speed missiles. Four groups of surfaced plano polycarbonate lenses were investigated. Two groups had a scratch-resistant (SR) coating applied to both surfaces. One of these groups had a 2-mm center thickness and the other had a 3-mm center thickness. The other two groups of 2-mm and 3-mm thick lenses had a MAR coating applied over the SR coating. The lenses were impacted by a missile consisting of an industrial sewing machine needle mounted in a cylindrical aluminum carrier. The sharp missiles were able to pierce the lenses at speeds between 29.6 m/s and 46.2 m/s. Impact resistance was lowest for the thinner lenses and lenses with a MAR coating. The effect of the MAR and lens thickness was subadditive. We have confirmed previous observations that polycarbonate lenses are more susceptible to penetration by sharp, high-speed missiles than blunt missiles. We have also found that reducing lens center thickness and applying a MAR coating further reduces the penetration resistance. Therefore, the use of 2-mm center thickness and MAR-coated polycarbonate lenses should be discouraged for industrial eye protectors where sharp missile hazards are possible.

  5. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Bradley, E.C.; Killough, S.M.; Rowe, J.C.

    The purpose of the Smart Crane Ammunition Transfer System (SCATS) project is to demonstrate robotic/telerobotic controls technology for a mobile articulated crane for missile/ munitions handling, delivery, and reload. Missile resupply and reload have been manually intensive operations up to this time. Currently, reload missiles are delivered by truck to the site of the launcher. A crew of four to five personnel reloads the missiles from the truck to the launcher using a hydraulic-powered crane. The missiles are handled carefully for the safety of the missiles and personnel. Numerous steps are required in the reload process and the entire reloadmore » operation can take over 1 h for some missile systems. Recent U.S. Army directives require the entire operation to be accomplished in a fraction of that time. Current requirements for the development of SCATS are being based primarily on reloading Patriot missiles. The planned development approach will integrate robotic control and sensor technology with a commercially available hydraulic articulated crane. SCATS is being developed with commercially available hardware as much as possible. Development plans include adding a 3-D.F. end effector with a grapple to the articulating crane; closed-loop position control for the crane and end effector; digital microprocessor control of crane functions; simplified operator interface; and operating modes which include rectilinear movement, obstacle avoidance, and partial automated operation. The planned development will include progressive technology demonstrations. Ultimate plans are for this technology to be transferred and utilized in the military fielding process.« less

  6. Sherborne Missile Fire Frequency with Unconstraint Parameters

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Dong, Shaquan

    2018-01-01

    For the modeling problem of shipborne missile fire frequency, the fire frequency models with unconstant parameters were proposed, including maximum fire frequency models with unconstant parameters, and actual fire frequency models with unconstant parameters, which can be used to calculate the missile fire frequency with unconstant parameters.

  7. 76 FR 26320 - Draft Regulatory Guide: Reissuance and Availability

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-05-06

    ... Guide, DG-1217 ``Protection Against Turbine Missiles.'' SUMMARY: On November 2, 2009 (74 FR 56672), the... availability of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)--1217, ``Protection Against Turbine Missiles.'' The guide is being... appropriately protected against the effects of missiles that might result from equipment failures. Failures that...

  8. 78 FR 6750 - Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR): Articles the President Determines No...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-01-31

    ... vehicles, missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs, mines, and other military explosive devices enumerated in..., missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs, mines, other military explosive devices, and related articles, which... vehicles, missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs, mines, and other military explosive devices in USML Category...

  9. 7. Photocopy of photograph showing four Ajax missiles in launch ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    7. Photocopy of photograph showing four Ajax missiles in launch position from ARADCOM Argus pg. 14, from Institute for Military History, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA, October 1, 1963 - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  10. 6. Photocopy of photograph showing an Ajax and Hercules Missile ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    6. Photocopy of photograph showing an Ajax and Hercules Missile from ARADCOM Argus pg. 3, from Institute for Military History, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA, October 1, 1958 - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  11. 15 CFR 742.5 - Missile technology.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... Country Chart (see supplement No. 1 to part 738 of the EAR). (2) The term “missiles” is defined as rocket systems (including ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles, and sounding rockets) and unmanned... missile and space programs of the recipient country; (iv) The nonproliferation credentials of the...

  12. 75 FR 52732 - Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee; Missile Defense Advisory Committee

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-08-27

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee; Missile Defense Advisory Committee AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Renewal of..., the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the Missile Defense...

  13. Index for aerodynamic data from the Bumblebee program

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Cronvich, L. L.; Barnes, G. A.

    1978-01-01

    The Bumblebee program, was designed to provide a supersonic guided missile. The aerodynamics program included a fundamental research effort in supersonic aerodynamics as well as a design task in developing both test vehicles and prototypes of tactical missiles. An index of aerodynamic missile data developed in this program is presented.

  14. 50 CFR 216.150 - Specified activity and specified geographical region.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS Taking Of Marine Mammals Incidental To Missile Launch Activities... engage in missile launch activities and associated aircraft and helicopter operations at the Naval Air... with the launching of a total of 40 Coyote (or similar sized and smaller) missiles per year from San...

  15. 50 CFR 217.55 - Requirements for monitoring and reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental To Target and Missile... the following monitoring measures: (1) Visual land-based monitoring. (i) Prior to each missile launch... located varying distances from the missile launch site. Each video camera will be set to record a focal...

  16. 50 CFR 216.155 - Requirements for monitoring and reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS Taking Of Marine Mammals Incidental To Missile Launch Activities from San... monitoring measures: (1) Visual Land-Based Monitoring. (i) Prior to each missile launch, an observer(s) will... from the missile launch site. Each video camera will be set to record a focal subgroup within the...

  17. 50 CFR 216.155 - Requirements for monitoring and reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS Taking Of Marine Mammals Incidental To Missile Launch Activities from San... monitoring measures: (1) Visual Land-Based Monitoring. (i) Prior to each missile launch, an observer(s) will... from the missile launch site. Each video camera will be set to record a focal subgroup within the...

  18. 75 FR 60090 - Membership of the Performance Review Board

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-09-29

    ...: Missile Defense Agency (MDA), DoD. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces the appointment of the members of the Performance Review Board (PRB) of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The publication of PRB... CONTACT: Jovey Martir, MDA SES Program Management, Missile Defense Agency, Arlington, Virginia, (703) 693...

  19. 50 CFR 217.50 - Specified activity and specified geographical region.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... and Missile Launch Activities From San Nicolas Island, CA § 217.50 Specified activity and specified... those persons it authorizes to engage in target missile launch activities and associated aircraft and..., MSST, Terrier, SM-3, or similar) from Alpha Launch Complex and smaller missiles and targets from...

  20. 48 CFR 225.7016 - Restriction on Ballistic Missile Defense research, development, test, and evaluation.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Restriction on Ballistic Missile Defense research, development, test, and evaluation. 225.7016 Section 225.7016 Federal Acquisition... Acquisition 225.7016 Restriction on Ballistic Missile Defense research, development, test, and evaluation. [68...

  1. 50 CFR 216.150 - Specified activity and specified geographical region.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS Taking Of Marine Mammals Incidental To Missile Launch Activities... engage in missile launch activities and associated aircraft and helicopter operations at the Naval Air... with the launching of a total of 40 Coyote (or similar sized and smaller) missiles per year from San...

  2. 50 CFR 216.155 - Requirements for monitoring and reporting.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS Taking Of Marine Mammals Incidental To Missile Launch Activities from San... monitoring measures: (1) Visual Land-Based Monitoring. (i) Prior to each missile launch, an observer(s) will... from the missile launch site. Each video camera will be set to record a focal subgroup within the...

  3. 76 FR 30986 - Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; Imposition of Nonproliferation Measures...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-05-27

    ... control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Nuclear... the development of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or cruise or ballistic missile systems. The... contribution to WMD or cruise or ballistic missile systems, (b) other items with the potential of making such a...

  4. 50 CFR 216.150 - Specified activity and specified geographical region.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS Taking Of Marine Mammals Incidental To Missile Launch Activities... engage in missile launch activities and associated aircraft and helicopter operations at the Naval Air... with the launching of a total of 40 Coyote (or similar sized and smaller) missiles per year from San...

  5. 75 FR 40862 - Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; Imposition of Sanctions Against Foreign...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-07-14

    ... (Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Nuclear Suppliers Group... of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or cruise or ballistic missile systems. The latter category... or cruise or ballistic missile systems, (b) other items with the potential of making such a material...

  6. An Assessment of Small Submarines and Encapsulation of Ballistic Missiles--Phase 2 Survey

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1980-11-01

    capsules will tend to offset the reduced investment costs of the submarine. It would be necessary to deter- mine total sytem costs (including RDT&E...missile basing concepts and missile performance characteristics required to counter potential Soviet strategic offensive forces and ABM proliferation

  7. Real-Time Target Motion Animation for Missile Warning System Testing

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-04-01

    T. Perkins, R. Sundberg, J. Cordell, Z. Tun , and M. Owen, Real-time Target Motion Animation for Missile Warning System Testing, Proc. SPIE Vol 6208...Z39-18 Real-time target motion animation for missile warning system testing Timothy Perkins*a, Robert Sundberga, John Cordellb, Zaw Tunb, Mark

  8. 78 FR 48503 - Proposed Revision to Missiles Generated by Extreme Winds

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-08-08

    ...-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR..., ``Design-Basis Hurricane and Hurricane Missiles for Nuclear Power Plants,'' and Interim Staff Guidance DC... and Hurricane Missiles for Nuclear Power Plants'' (ADAMS, Accession No. ML110940300), and Interim...

  9. Deterrence and Space-Based Missile Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-01-01

    8. Curt Weldon , “Charting a New Course on Missile Defense,” in Spacepower for a New Millen­ nium: Space and U.S. National Security, ed. Peter L...Stimson Center, 2003), 4. 45. See Baker Spring , “The Enduring Features of the Debate over Missile Defense,” Backgrounder no. 1972, Heritage Foundation

  10. KSC-2009-5237

    NASA Image and Video Library

    2009-09-25

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Public Affairs Officer Tracy Young moderates a post-launch news conference for the media about the Space Tracking and Satellite System – Demonstrator spacecraft. Seated at center is Omar Baez, NASA launch manager, and Rear Adm. Joseph Horn, deputy director, with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. The STSS-Demo is a space-based sensor component of a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System designed for the overall mission of detecting, tracking and discriminating ballistic missiles. The spacecraft was launched by NASA for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

  11. Missile Aerodynamics for Ascent and Re-entry

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Watts, Gaines L.; McCarter, James W.

    2012-01-01

    Aerodynamic force and moment equations are developed for 6-DOF missile simulations of both the ascent phase of flight and a tumbling re-entry. The missile coordinate frame (M frame) and a frame parallel to the M frame were used for formulating the aerodynamic equations. The missile configuration chosen as an example is a cylinder with fixed fins and a nose cone. The equations include both the static aerodynamic coefficients and the aerodynamic damping derivatives. The inclusion of aerodynamic damping is essential for simulating a tumbling re-entry. Appended information provides insight into aerodynamic damping.

  12. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Canavan, G.H.

    The optimal allocation of space-based interceptors (SBIs) between fixed, heavy missiles and mobile singlets can be derived from approximate expressions for the boost-phase penetration of each. Singlets can cluster before launch and have shorter burn times, which reduce their availability to SBIs by an order of magnitude. Singlet penetration decreased slowly with the number of SBIs allocated to them; heavy missile penetration falls rapidly. The allocation to the heavy missiles falls linearly with their number. The penetration of heavy and singlet missiles is proportional to their numbers and inversely proportional to their availability. 8 refs., 2 figs.

  13. The Effects of Target and Missile Characteristics on Theoretical Minimum Miss Distance for a Beam-Rider Guidance System in the Presence of Noise

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Stewart, Elwood C.; Druding, Frank; Nishiura, Togo

    1959-01-01

    A study has been made to determine the relative importance of those factors which place an inherent limitation on the minimum obtainable miss distance for a beam-rider navigation system operating in the presence of glint noise and target evasive maneuver. Target and missile motions are assumed to be coplanar. The factors considered are the missile natural frequencies and damping ratios, missile steady-state acceleration capabilities, target evasive maneuver characteristics, and angular scintillation noise characteristics.

  14. Attacking the Mobile Ballistic Missile Threat in the Post-Cold War Environment. New Rules to an Old Game

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-05-01

    harassment, it was not until the Allied ground forces over- ran the launch areas that the threat truly came to an end.21 By becoming mobile, the Germans had...SS-6 “ Sapwood .”28 Korolev’s RD-105/RD-106 propulsion concept for this missile involved a total of five engines—a simple design based on German...to-air missiles mobile because we had a big area to de- fend. Our stationary surface-to-air missile sites were primarily around Moscow and others

  15. Aerodynamic Performance Predictions of a SA- 2 Missile Using Missile DATCOM

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-09-01

    transformation that is given by Eqs. (4) and (5). Eqs. (8)–(10) show the formulation in the body and wind axis terminology. 2,0D AC C kC   L (8) 10 cos...by Teo (2008) using Missile LAB code. However, the missile geometry then was set up from a rudimentary drawing and not one that represented a high...provided by MSIC. These particular cases were run forcing turbulent flow with a surface roughness of 0.001016 cm, which was found by Teo (2008) to

  16. Radar signal analysis of ballistic missile with micro-motion based on time-frequency distribution

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Wang, Jianming; Liu, Lihua; Yu, Hua

    2015-12-01

    The micro-motion of ballistic missile targets induces micro-Doppler modulation on the radar return signal, which is a unique feature for the warhead discrimination during flight. In order to extract the micro-Doppler feature of ballistic missile targets, time-frequency analysis is employed to process the micro-Doppler modulated time-varying radar signal. The images of time-frequency distribution (TFD) reveal the micro-Doppler modulation characteristic very well. However, there are many existing time-frequency analysis methods to generate the time-frequency distribution images, including the short-time Fourier transform (STFT), Wigner distribution (WD) and Cohen class distribution, etc. Under the background of ballistic missile defence, the paper aims at working out an effective time-frequency analysis method for ballistic missile warhead discrimination from the decoys.

  17. Ionospheric disturbances induced by a missile launched from North Korea on 12 December 2012

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Kakinami, Yoshihiro; Yamamoto, Masayuki; Chen, Chia-Hung; Watanabe, Shigeto; Lin, Charles; Liu, Jenn-Yanq; Habu, Hiroto

    2013-08-01

    disturbances caused by a missile launched from North Korea on 12 December 2012 were investigated by using the GPS total electron content (TEC). The spatial characteristic of the front edge of V-shaped disturbances produced by missiles and rockets was first determined. Considering the launch direction and the height of estimated ionospheric points at which GPS radio signal pierces the ionosphere, the missile passed through the ionosphere at heights of 391, 425, and 435 km at 0056:30, 0057:00, and 0057:30 UT, respectively. The observed velocities of the missile were 2.8 and 3.2 km/s at that time, which was estimated from the traveling speed of the front edge of V-shaped disturbances. Westward and eastward V-shaped disturbances propagated at 1.8-2.6 km/s. The phase velocities of the westward and eastward V-shaped disturbances were much faster than the speed of acoustic waves reported in previous studies, suggesting that sources other than acoustic waves may have played an important role. Furthermore, the plasma density depletion that is often observed following missile and rocket launches was not found. This suggests that the depletion resulting from the missile's exhaust was not strong enough to be observed in the TEC distribution in the topside ionosphere.

  18. Analysis of Rocket, Ram-Jet, and Turbojet Engines for Supersonic Propulsion of Long-Range Missles. II - Rocket Missile Performance

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Huff, Vearl N.; Kerrebrock, Jack

    1954-01-01

    The theoretical performance of a two-stage ballistic rocket mis having a centerbody and two parallel boosters was investigated for J oxygen and ammonia-fluorine propellants. Both power-plant and missi parameters were optimized to give minimum cost on-the basis of the analysis for a range of 5500 nautical miles. After optimum values were found, each parameter was varied independently to determine its effect on performance of the missile. The missile using the ammonia-fluorine propellant weighs about one half as much as a missile using JP4-oxygen. Based on an expected unit cost of fluorine in quantity production, the ammonia-fluorine missile has a substantially lower relative cost than a JP4-oxygen missile. Optimum chamber pressures for both propellant systems and for both the centerbody and boosters were between 450 and 600 pounds per square inch. High design altitudes for the exhaust nozzle are desirable for both the centerbody and boosters. For the centerbody, the design altitude should be between 45,000 and 60,000 feet, with the value for ammonia-fluorine lower than that for JP4-oxygen. For the boosters, the design altitude should be 20,000 to 30,000 feet, with the value for the ammonia-fluorine. missile higher.

  19. An Optimal t-{Delta}v Guidance Law for Intercepting a Boosting Target

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Ng, L.C.; Breitfeller, E.; Ledebuhr, A.G.

    2002-06-30

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a new missile guidance law for intercepting a missile during boost phase. Unlike other known missile guidance laws being used today, the new t-{Delta}v guidance law optimally trades an interceptor's onboard fuel capacity against time-to-go before impact. In particular, this guidance law allows a missile designer to program the interceptor to maximally impact a boosting missile before burnout or burn termination and thus negating its ability to achieve the maximum kinetic velocity. For an intercontinental range ballistic missile (ICBM), it can be shown that for every second of earlier intercept prior to burnout,more » the ICBM ground range is reduced by 350 km. Therefore, intercepting a mere 15 seconds earlier would result in amiss of 5,250 km from the intended target or approximately a distance across the continental US. This paper also shows how the t-{Delta}v guidance law can incorporate uncertainties in target burnout time, predicted intercept point (PIP) error, time-to-go error, and other track estimation errors. The authors believe that the t-{Delta}v guidance law is a step toward the development of a new and smart missile guidance law that would enhance the probability of achieving a boost phase intercept.« less

  20. Determining the influence of past development experience on the cost of strategic ballistic missile development

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Whitney, Dwight E.

    The influence of learning in the form of past relevant experience was examined in data collected for strategic ballistic missiles developed by the United States. A total of twenty-four new missiles were developed and entered service between 1954 and 1990. Missile development costs were collected and analyzed by regression analysis using the learning curve model with factors for past experience and other relevant cost estimating relationships. The purpose of the study was to determine whether prior development experience was a factor in the development cost of these like systems. Of the twenty-four missiles in the population, development costs for twelve of the missiles were collected from the literature. Since the costs were found to be segmented by military service, a discrete input variable for military service was used as one of the cost estimating relationships. Because there were only two US Navy samples, too few to analyze for segmentation and learning rate, they were excluded from the final analysis. The final analysis was on a sample of ten out of eighteen US Army and US Air Force missiles within the population. The result of the analysis found past experience to be a statistically significant factor in describing the development cost of the US Army and US Air Force missiles. The influence equated to a 0.86 progress ratio, indicating prior development experience had a positive (cost-reducing) influence on their development cost. Based on the result, it was concluded that prior development experience was a factor in the development cost of these systems.

  1. Principles of Guided Missiles and Nuclear Weapons.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Naval Personnel Program Support Activity, Washington, DC.

    Fundamentals of missile and nuclear weapons systems are presented in this book which is primarily prepared as the second text of a three-volume series for students of the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps and the Officer Candidate School. Following an introduction to guided missiles and nuclear physics, basic principles and theories are…

  2. Response of selected plants to fire on white sands missile range, New Mexico

    Treesearch

    Kenneth G. Boykin

    2008-01-01

    Little was known about the ecology, impacts, effects, and history of fire related to manyplants and communities within White Sands Missile Range. I began by identifying the knownaspects and the gaps in knowledge for White Sands Missile Range. I analyzed existing dataavailable for the Installation taken from the Integrated Training...

  3. 75 FR 38991 - Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Space Vehicle and...

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    2010-07-07

    ... Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Space Vehicle and Missile Launch Operations at... application from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to launching space launch vehicles, long range ballistic target missiles, and other smaller missile systems at...

  4. 76 FR 81004 - Imposition of Nonproliferation Measures Against Foreign Persons, Including a Ban on U.S...

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    2011-12-27

    ... control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Nuclear... the development of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or cruise or ballistic missile systems. The... contribution to WMD or cruise or ballistic missile systems, (b) other items with the potential of making such a...

  5. 78 FR 9768 - Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Imposition of Nonproliferation Measures...

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    2013-02-11

    ... technology controlled under multilateral control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group... or ballistic missile sytems. The latter category includes (a) items of the same kind as those on... potential of making a material contribution to WMD or cruise or ballistic missile systems, (b) items on U.S...

  6. 48 CFR 252.225-7018 - Notice of prohibition of certain contracts with foreign entities for the conduct of ballistic...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... certain contracts with foreign entities for the conduct of ballistic missile defense research, development... foreign entities for the conduct of ballistic missile defense research, development, test, and evaluation... With Foreign Entities for the Conduct of Ballistic Missile Defense Research, Development, Test, and...

  7. 36 CFR 13.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ...-loading weapons do not contain a powder charge; and any other implement capable of discharging a missile into the air or under the water does not contain a missile or similar device within the loading or... designed to discharge missiles into the air or under the water. [71 FR 69333, Nov. 30, 2006, as amended at...

  8. 36 CFR 13.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ...-loading weapons do not contain a powder charge; and any other implement capable of discharging a missile into the air or under the water does not contain a missile or similar device within the loading or... designed to discharge missiles into the air or under the water. [71 FR 69333, Nov. 30, 2006, as amended at...

  9. Test launch of a Topol/SS-25 missile

    NASA Image and Video Library

    2013-10-10

    View of test launch of a Topol/SS-25 missile on Oct. 10, 2013 as seen by the Expedition 37 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The missile was launched at 17:39 MSK (13:39 UTC) from Kapustin Yar to the Sary Shagan test site in Kazakhstan. Also sent as Twitter message.

  10. 36 CFR 13.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ...-loading weapons do not contain a powder charge; and any other implement capable of discharging a missile into the air or under the water does not contain a missile or similar device within the loading or... designed to discharge missiles into the air or under the water. [71 FR 69333, Nov. 30, 2006, as amended at...

  11. 76 FR 46756 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

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    2011-08-03

    ...; System of Records AGENCY: Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Notice to Delete a System of Records. SUMMARY: The Missile Defense Agency proposes to delete a system of records notice in.... Peter Shearston, Missile Defense Agency, MDA/DXCM, 730 Irwin Ave, Schriever AFB, CO 80912-2101, or by...

  12. Whither Ballistic Missile Defense?

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1992-11-30

    Conference on Technical Marketing 2000: Opportunities and Strategies for a Changing World) I intend to discuss the prospects for SDI in a changing...Technical Marketing 2000: Opportunities and Strategies for a Changing World) Descriptors, Keywords: Cooper Speech Ballistic Missile Defense...WHITHER BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE? BY AMBASSADOR HENRY F. COOPER NOVEMBER 30,1992 TECHNICAL MARKETING SOCIETY OF AMERICA WASHINGTON, DC

  13. 10. Photocopy of drawing of missile shipping container from Procedures ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    10. Photocopy of drawing of missile shipping container from Procedures and Drills for the NIKE Ajax System, Department of the Army Field Manual, FM-44-80 from Institute for Military History, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA 1956. - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  14. 13. Photocopy of drawing of missile launcher from 'Procedures and ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    13. Photocopy of drawing of missile launcher from 'Procedures and Drills for the NIKE Ajax System,' Department of the Army Field Manual, FM-44-80 from Institute for Military History, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA, 1956 - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  15. Electromagnetic environmental criteria for US Army missile systems - EMC, EMR, EMI, EMP, ESD, and lightning

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ponds, Charles D.; Knaur, James A.

    1988-01-01

    This paper presents the design and test requirements in developing an electromagnetic compatibility missile system. Environmental levels are presented for electromagnetic radiation hazards, electromagnetic radiation operational, electrostatic discharge, lightning, and electromagnetic pulse (nuclear). Testing techniques and facility capabilities are presented for research and development testing of missile systems.

  16. 15 CFR Supplement No. 7 to Part 742 - Description of Major Weapons Systems

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... characteristics of a gun or a howitzer, mortars or multiple-launch rocket systems, capable of engaging surface... by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction... with a similar range. (7) Missiles and Missile Launchers: (a) Guided or unguided rockets, or ballistic...

  17. 15 CFR Supplement No. 7 to Part 742 - Description of Major Weapons Systems

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... characteristics of a gun or a howitzer, mortars or multiple-launch rocket systems, capable of engaging surface... by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction... with a similar range. (7) Missiles and Missile Launchers: (a) Guided or unguided rockets, or ballistic...

  18. 15 CFR Supplement No. 7 to Part 742 - Description of Major Weapons Systems

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... characteristics of a gun or a howitzer, mortars or multiple-launch rocket systems, capable of engaging surface... by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction... with a similar range. (7) Missiles and Missile Launchers: (a) Guided or unguided rockets, or ballistic...

  19. 15 CFR Supplement No. 7 to Part 742 - Description of Major Weapons Systems

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... characteristics of a gun or a howitzer, mortars or multiple-launch rocket systems, capable of engaging surface... by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction... with a similar range. (7) Missiles and Missile Launchers: (a) Guided or unguided rockets, or ballistic...

  20. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Connell, Leonard W.; Edenburn, Michael W.; Fraley, Stanley K.

    This paper presents a framework for evaluating the technical merits of strategic ballistic missile de-alerting measures, and it uses the framework to evaluate a variety of possible measures for silo-based, land-mobile, and submarine-based missiles. De-alerting measures are defined for the purpose of this paper as reversible actions taken to increase the time or effort required to launch a strategic ballistic missile. The paper does not assess the desirability of pursuing a de-alerting program. Such an assessment is highly context dependent. The paper postulates that if de-alerting is desirable and is used as an arms control mechanism, de-alerting measures should satisfymore » specific cirteria relating to force security, practicality, effectiveness, significant delay, and verifiability. Silo-launched missiles lend themselves most readily to de-alerting verification, because communications necessary for monitoring do not increase the vulnerabilty of the weapons by a significant amount. Land-mobile missile de-alerting measures would be more challenging to verify, because monitoring measures that disclose the launcher's location would potentially increase their vulnerability. Submarine-launched missile de-alerting measures would be extremely challlenging if not impossible to monitor without increasing the submarine's vulnerability.« less

  1. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Harvey, J.R.; Rubin, U.

    Missiles themselves are not weapons of mass destruction; they do not give states the ability to wreak unimaginable destruction, or to radically shift the balance of power, as nuclear weapons do. Hence, the primary focus of nonproliferation efforts should remain on weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, rather than on one of the many possible means of delivering them. Moreover, as discussed in more detail below, advanced strike aircraft can also be effective in delivering nuclear weapons, and are generally more effective than ballistic missiles for delivering conventional or chemical ordnance. Ultimately, if the industrialized nations seriously desire tomore » control the spread of delivery means for weapons of mass destruction, they need to consider bringing controls over ballistic missiles and advanced strike aircraft more into balance. At the same time, while efforts to control ballistic missile proliferation - centered on the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) - have had some successes and could be strengthened, US policy will be most effective if it recognizes two key realities: the spread of ballistic missiles cannot be as comprehensively controlled as the spread of nuclear weapons, nor need it be as comprehensively controlled.« less

  2. Pulmonary embolism from gunshot missiles.

    PubMed

    Bernini, C O; Junqueira, A R; Horita, L T; Birolini, D; Branco, P D; de Oliveira, M R

    1983-05-01

    In patients having missile wounds, the most bizarre trajectories and lodgment sites have been reported. Entry of the missile into the blood stream and subsequent embolization is quite an uncommon event. Isolated reports published in the literature date back to the beginning of the century. This article was undertaken to present two instances of pulmonary embolism due to gunshot missiles. Most investigators agree that the missile should be removed when located in the pulmonary artery and its branches because of the high risk of severe complications, such as pulmonary infarction, secondary thrombosis, infection, erosion of the arterial wall and local hemorrhage. In such instances, a thoracotomy is recommended. The alternative treatment in the instances reported herein, conceived and successfully performed by us, was embolectomy through percutaneous cardiovascular catheterization. As a novel procedure, the method has proved effective and liable to minimal risk.

  3. 1. Northeast face of missile site control building, commonly known ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    1. Northeast face of missile site control building, commonly known as the missile site radar building, showing open blast door #BD2. This emergency escape, at stair no. 12, is NEMP/RFI-shielded and 16" thick. The large circle in the center is the radar face, also known as the antennae array aperture. The small circle to the right of the radar face is the "Q" channel. The antennae atop the turret provided lightning protection for the building - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

  4. KSC-2009-5238

    NASA Image and Video Library

    2009-09-25

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At a post-launch news conference for the media about launch of the Space Tracking and Satellite System – Demonstrator spacecraft, NASA Launch Manager Omar Baez, at center, responds to a question. At right is Rear Adm. Joseph Horn, deputy director, with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. At left, Public Affairs Officer Tracy Young moderates. The STSS-Demo is a space-based sensor component of a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System designed for the overall mission of detecting, tracking and discriminating ballistic missiles. The spacecraft was launched by NASA for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

  5. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Garwin, Richard L.

    The Bush Administration is steaming ahead with the deployment of the Clinton-designed mid-course hit-to-kill intercept system for national missile defense. This has serious disabilities against even the simplest strategic ballistic missiles. What is the threat to the United States from such missiles, in context? Is NMD a rational response, considering the always limited resources of the U.S. government? What are the other threats and needs? If protection is demanded against potential emerging missile states, what are the options? Answers to these questions will be provided in the talk and some are already available at the author’s web site: http://www.fas.org/rlg.

  6. KSC-2009-5239

    NASA Image and Video Library

    2009-09-25

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At a post-launch news conference for the media about launch of the Space Tracking and Satellite System – Demonstrator spacecraft, Rear Adm. Joseph Horn, deputy director with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, answers a question. NASA Launch Manager Omar Baez is at center. At left, Public Affairs Officer Tracy Young moderates. The STSS-Demo is a space-based sensor component of a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System designed for the overall mission of detecting, tracking and discriminating ballistic missiles. The spacecraft was launched by NASA for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

  7. Spin Stabilized Impulsively Controlled Missile (SSICM)

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Crawford, J. I.; Howell, W. M.

    1985-12-01

    This patent is for the Spin Stabilized Impulsively Controlled Missile (SSICM). SSICM is a missile configuration which employs spin stabilization, nutational motion, and impulsive thrusting, and a body mounted passive or semiactive sensor to achieve very small miss distances against a high speed moving target. SSICM does not contain an autopilot, control surfaces, a control actuation system, nor sensor stabilization gimbals. SSICM spins at a rate sufficient to provide frequency separation between body motions and inertial target motion. Its impulsive thrusters provide near instantaneous changes in lateral velocity, whereas conventional missiles require a significant time delay to achieve lateral acceleration.

  8. Missile airframe simulation testbed: MANPADS (MAST-M) for test and evaluation of aircraft survivability equipment

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Clements, Jim; Robinson, Richard; Bunt, Leslie; Robinson, Joe

    2011-06-01

    A number of techniques have been utilized to evaluate the performance of Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) against threat Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS). These techniques include flying actual threat MANPADS against stationary ASE with simulated aircraft signatures, testing installed ASE systems against simulated threat signatures, and laboratory hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) testing with simulated aircraft and simulated missile signatures. All of these tests lack the realism of evaluating installed ASE against in-flight MANPADS on a terminal homing intercept path toward the actual ASE equipped aircraft. This limitation is due primarily to the current inability to perform non-destructive MANPADS/Aircraft flight testing. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research and Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) is working to overcome this limitation with the development of a recoverable surrogate MANPADS missile system capable of engaging aircraft equipped with ASE while guaranteeing collision avoidance with the test aircraft. Under its Missile Airframe Simulation Testbed - MANPADS (MAST-M) program, the AMRDEC is developing a surrogate missile system which will utilize actual threat MANPADS seeker/guidance sections to control the flight of a surrogate missile which will perform a collision avoidance and recovery maneuver prior to intercept to insure non-destructive test and evaluation of the ASE and reuse of the MANPADS seeker/guidance section. The remainder of this paper provides an overview of this development program and intended use.

  9. The Effects of Plasma Shield on the Radar Cross Section of a Generic Missile in UHF Band

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Chung, Shen

    2011-10-01

    RF Stealth is the dominant technology in today's military aircraft, and most is achieved by shape design with a few reductions achieved by RAM, but most of these effects are only valid in X band. With the popularity of UHF radar again rising, the possibility of detecting a stealth object has increased due to resonance effect, and this is difficult to decrease with previous means due to the long wavelength. A plasma shield generated in front of an object may be suitable to alter the RCS in specific band without physically changing its shape. We examine the RCS of a generic missile in UHF band, and compared it with one with a cone-shape plasma generated in front of the missile. We find the plasma effectively changes the RCS of the missile, though not necessarily smaller. The RCS of the missile with the plasma shield is now dominated by the plasma instead of the missile. The RCS is a function of the size, shape, and density of the plasma shield. For higher frequency signals like the X band radar, it can still penetrate the plasma, and sees the original RCS of the missile. Due to the relatively lower UHF frequency, the plasma density needed is lower than one in X band and thus more practical to achieve.

  10. Nanotechnology for missiles

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Ruffin, Paul B.

    2004-07-01

    Nanotechnology development is progressing very rapidly. Several billions of dollars have been invested in nanoscience research since 2000. Pioneering nanotechnology research efforts have been primarily conducted at research institutions and centers. This paper identifies developments in nanoscience and technology that could provide significant advances in missile systems applications. Nanotechnology offers opportunities in the areas of advanced materials for coatings, including thin-film optical coatings, light-weight, strong armor and missile structural components, embedded computing, and "smart" structures; nano-particles for explosives, warheads, turbine engine systems, and propellants to enhance missile propulsion; nano-sensors for autonomous chemical detection; and nano-tube arrays for fuel storage and power generation. The Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) is actively collaborating with academia, industry, and other Government agencies to accelerate the development and transition of nanotechnology to favorably impact Army Transformation. Currently, we are identifying near-term applications and quantifying requirements for nanotechnology use in Army missile systems, as well as monitoring and screening research and developmental efforts in the industrial community for military applications. Combining MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology is the next step toward providing technical solutions for the Army"s transformation. Several research and development projects that are currently underway at AMRDEC in this technology area are discussed. A top-level roadmap of MEMS/nanotechnology development projects for aviation and missile applications is presented at the end.

  11. 33 CFR 334.980 - Pacific Ocean; around San Nicolas Island, Calif., naval restricted area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... regulations. (1) No seaplanes, other than those approved for entry by the Commander, Pacific Missile Range... section, relating to sections BRAVO and CHARLIE, no vessels other than Pacific Missile Range craft and... Missile Range by telephone or radio. Boats must remain at least 300 yards from the shoreline of San...

  12. 33 CFR 334.720 - Gulf of Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; Missile test area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Gulf of Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; Missile test area. 334.720 Section 334.720 Navigation and Navigable Waters CORPS OF ENGINEERS... Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; Missile test area. (a) The danger zone. The danger zone shall...

  13. 33 CFR 165.1406 - Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii. 165.1406 Section 165.1406 Navigation and... Areas Fourteenth Coast Guard District § 165.1406 Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF...

  14. 33 CFR 334.720 - Gulf of Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; Missile test area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Gulf of Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; Missile test area. 334.720 Section 334.720 Navigation and Navigable Waters CORPS OF ENGINEERS... Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; Missile test area. (a) The danger zone. The danger zone shall...

  15. 33 CFR 165.1406 - Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 2 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii. 165.1406 Section 165.1406 Navigation and... Areas Fourteenth Coast Guard District § 165.1406 Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF...

  16. 33 CFR 334.720 - Gulf of Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; Missile test area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Gulf of Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; Missile test area. 334.720 Section 334.720 Navigation and Navigable Waters CORPS OF ENGINEERS... Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; Missile test area. (a) The danger zone. The danger zone shall...

  17. 33 CFR 334.720 - Gulf of Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; guided missiles test operations area, Headquarters...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Gulf of Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; guided missiles test operations area, Headquarters Air Proving Ground Command, U.S. Air Force... Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; guided missiles test operations area, Headquarters Air Proving...

  18. 33 CFR 165.1406 - Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii. 165.1406 Section 165.1406 Navigation and... Areas Fourteenth Coast Guard District § 165.1406 Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF...

  19. 33 CFR 165.1406 - Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii. 165.1406 Section 165.1406 Navigation and... Areas Fourteenth Coast Guard District § 165.1406 Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF...

  20. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Canavan, G.H.

    Optimal offensive missile allocations for moderate offensive and defensive forces are derived and used to study their sensitivity to force structure parameters levels. It is shown that the first strike cost is a product of the number of missiles and a function of the optimum allocation. Thus, the conditions under which the number of missiles should increase or decrease in time is also determined by this allocation.

  1. VIEW OF EQUIPMENT AT THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL OF THE ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    VIEW OF EQUIPMENT AT THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL OF THE MISSILE TUBE ROOM. VIEW FACING SOUTH - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  2. 33 CFR 334.980 - Pacific Ocean; around San Nicolas Island, Calif., naval restricted area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... regulations. (1) No seaplanes, other than those approved for entry by the Commander, Pacific Missile Range... section, relating to sections BRAVO and CHARLIE, no vessels other than Pacific Missile Range craft and... Missile Range by telephone or radio. Boats must remain at least 300 yards from the shoreline of San...

  3. 33 CFR 334.980 - Pacific Ocean; around San Nicolas Island, Calif., naval restricted area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... regulations. (1) No seaplanes, other than those approved for entry by the Commander, Pacific Missile Range... section, relating to sections BRAVO and CHARLIE, no vessels other than Pacific Missile Range craft and... Missile Range by telephone or radio. Boats must remain at least 300 yards from the shoreline of San...

  4. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Romander, C.M.

    The potential hazard of HCDA-generated missiles is analyzed, and the current status of the potential hazards of sodium fires is summarized. Simple analyses are performed to determine lower bounds on the HCDA energetics required to generate missiles that could reach the secondary containment structure of a 1000-MWe LMFBR. The potential missiles considered include the vessel head, components mounted on the head, and conrol rods.

  5. 33 CFR 334.980 - Pacific Ocean; around San Nicolas Island, Calif., naval restricted area.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... regulations. (1) No seaplanes, other than those approved for entry by the Commander, Pacific Missile Range... section, relating to sections BRAVO and CHARLIE, no vessels other than Pacific Missile Range craft and... Missile Range by telephone or radio. Boats must remain at least 300 yards from the shoreline of San...

  6. 33 CFR 165.1406 - Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters 2 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii. 165.1406 Section 165.1406 Navigation and... Areas Fourteenth Coast Guard District § 165.1406 Safety Zone: Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF...

  7. 11. Photocopy of drawing of underground missile storage and elevator ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    11. Photocopy of drawing of underground missile storage and elevator controls from 'Procedures and Drills for the NIKE Ajax System,' Department of the Army Field Manual, FM-44-80 from Institute for Military History, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA, 1956 - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  8. Missile Defense: European Phased Adaptive Approach Acquisitions Face Synchronization, Transparency, and Accountability Challenges

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-12-21

    House of Representatives Subject: Missile Defense: European Phased Adaptive Approach Acquisitions Face Synchronization , Transparency, and...TITLE AND SUBTITLE Missile Defense: European Phased Adaptive Approach Acquisitions Face Synchronization , Transparency, and Accountability...However, we found that DOD has not fully implemented a management process that synchronizes EPAA acquisition activities and ensures transparency and

  9. The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and Post Cold War Deterrence

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-02-17

    Bonnetain, Hugues and Philippe Mazzoni. " Histoire De Missiles...Le 1er GMS Du Plateau D’Albion." http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_europeen...Mazzoni, " Histoire De Missiles...Le 1er GMS Du Plateau D’Albion," http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_europeen/albion/; Ministère de la Défense

  10. 15 CFR 744.3 - Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch vehicles and sounding rockets) and Unmanned Air...: END-USER AND END-USE BASED § 744.3 Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile...

  11. 15 CFR 744.3 - Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch vehicles and sounding rockets) and Unmanned Air...: END-USER AND END-USE BASED § 744.3 Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile...

  12. 15 CFR 744.3 - Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch vehicles and sounding rockets) and Unmanned Air...: END-USER AND END-USE BASED § 744.3 Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile...

  13. 15 CFR 744.3 - Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch...

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    2014-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch vehicles and sounding rockets) and Unmanned Air...: END-USER AND END-USE BASED § 744.3 Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile...

  14. 15 CFR 744.3 - Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch...

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    2012-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 2 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile systems and space launch vehicles and sounding rockets) and Unmanned Air...: END-USER AND END-USE BASED § 744.3 Restrictions on Certain Rocket Systems (including ballistic missile...

  15. 78 FR 42430 - Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations Based on the 2012 Missile Technology Control...

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    .... This specific decontrol helps to clarify what is usable for rockets, missiles, or unmanned aerial... specified by 4.C. in the Annex or used in Category I rocket systems. These commodities and the related... propulsion data into a flight management system, designed or modified for rockets or missiles capable of...

  16. Definition of an anti-missile ballistic defense architecture for Europe

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Deas, M.; Tanter, A.

    1995-01-01

    The end of the Seventies and beginning of the Eighties showed significant technological developments in ballistic missiles, in particular,impact precision. These improvements caused Western strategists to be concerned with use of ballistic missiles equipped with conventional loads against military objectives (the Pact of Varsovie). The concept of ballistic missile tactical had been born. The ballistic vector, which until this time was marked with a 'strategic' label, was then 'standardized' and has interested a number of countries in the process of its development. The world has just entered the era of the ballistic proliferation. From the very start of the Eighties, the United States and, to a lesser degree, NATO lead studies and reflections concerned with defense against tactical ballistic missiles within a East West framework. From these studies the ATBM (Anti Tactical Ballistic Missile) made its appearance. In spite of the attempts at control, missile proliferation has accelerated and led, towards the end of the Eighties and the beginning of the Nineties, to the awakening of a new risk known as proliferating. The 1991 Gulf War was accelerated in this manner. This conflict also clarified the fact that the ballistic weapon constituted a formidable means of pressure for countries which had it, in spite of the PATRIOT, which demonstrated the feasibility of an active defense against ballistic missiles, in spite of their limited performances. This present presentation proposes an overall analysis of the ballistic risk and the possible threat which could result from it and examines the means available for protection against this risk by looking further into all the defensive means. This will constitute the main part of the speech. Lastly, we will endeavor to evaluate the difficulties faced by the architects of the DAMB.

  17. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Hatchell, Brian K.; Mauss, Fredrick J.; Amaya, Ivan A.

    Military missiles are exposed to many sources of mechanical vibration that can affect system reliability, safety, and mission effectiveness. The U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) has been developing missile health monitoring systems to assess and improve reliability, reduce life cycle costs, and increase system readiness. One of the most significant exposures to vibration occurs when the missile is being carried by a helicopter or other aviation platform, which is a condition known as captive carry. Recording the duration of captive carry exposure during the missile’s service life can enable the implementation of predictivemore » maintenance and resource management programs. Since the vibration imparted by each class of helicopter varies in frequency and amplitude, tracking the vibration exposure from each helicopter separately can help quantify the severity and harmonic content of the exposure. Under the direction of AMRDEC staff, engineers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a Captive Carry Health Monitor (CCHM) for the Hellfire II missile. The CCHM is an embedded usage monitoring device installed on the outer skin of the Hellfire II missile to record the cumulative hours the host missile has been in captive carry mode. To classify the vibration by class of helicopter, the CCHM analyzes the amplitude and frequency content of the vibration with the Goertzel algorithm to detect the presence of distinctive rotor harmonics. Cumulative usage data are accessible in theater from an external display; monthly usage histograms are accessible through an internal download connector. This paper provides an overview of the CCHM electrical and package design, describes field testing and data analysis techniques used to monitor captive carry identify and the class of helicopter, and discusses the potential application of missile health and usage data for real-time reliability analysis and fleet management.« less

  18. Missile sizing for ascent-phase intercept

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Hull, D.G.; Salguero, D.E.

    1994-11-01

    A computer code has been developed to determine the size of a ground-launched, multistage missile which can intercept a theater ballistic missile before it leaves the atmosphere. Typical final conditions for the inteceptor are 450 km range, 60 km altitude, and 80 sec flight time. Given the payload mass (35 kg), which includes a kinetic kill vehicle, and achievable values for the stage mass fractions (0.85), the stage specific impulses (290 sec), and the vehicle density (60 lb/ft{sup 3}), the launch mass is minimized with respect to the stage payload mass ratios, the stage burn times, and the missile anglemore » of attack history subject to limits on the angle of attack (10 deg), the dynamic pressure (60,000 psf), and the maneuver load (200,000 psf deg). For a conical body, the minimum launch mass is approximately 1900 kg. The missile has three stages, and the payload coasts for 57 sec. A trade study has been performed by varying the flight time, the range, and the dynamic pressure Emits. With the results of a sizing study for a 70 lb payload and q{sub max} = 35,000 psf, a more detailed design has been carried out to determine heat shield mass, tabular aerodynamics, and altitude dependent thrust. The resulting missile has approximately 100 km less range than the sizing program predicted primarily because of the additional mass required for heat protection. On the other hand, launching the same missile from an aircraft increases its range by approximately 100 km. Sizing the interceptor for air launch with the same final conditions as the ground-launched missile reduces its launch mass to approximately 1000 kg.« less

  19. The Relationship between Exposure to Missiles and PTSD Symptoms as a Function of Hemispheric Preference in Israelis.

    PubMed

    Herzog, Daniela; Farchi, Moshe; Gidron, Yori

    2018-01-01

    Recent research proposes that left hemispheric lateralization (HL) may protect against the effects of life events on mental distress. This study extends these findings by examining the protective role of left HL in the relationship between war threat (missile exposure) and PTSD symptoms. A sample of 186 Israelis, exposed to missile attacks, completed brief scales of self-reported missile exposure, a subjective and a neuropsychological HL measure, and of PTSD symptoms. The sample was split into right HL and left HL individuals on both HL measures. Self-reported missile exposure was positively associated with PTSD symptoms in right HL, but not in left HL individuals on both HL measures. These results replicate, extend our previous results and suggest that left HL may even protect against the effects of severe life threatening events. Results are discussed in relation to neuropsychological and neurophysiological differences between the hemispheres.

  20. Precession missile feature extraction using sparse component analysis of radar measurements

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    Liu, Lihua; Du, Xiaoyong; Ghogho, Mounir; Hu, Weidong; McLernon, Des

    2012-12-01

    According to the working mode of the ballistic missile warning radar (BMWR), the radar return from the BMWR is usually sparse. To recognize and identify the warhead, it is necessary to extract the precession frequency and the locations of the scattering centers of the missile. This article first analyzes the radar signal model of the precessing conical missile during flight and develops the sparse dictionary which is parameterized by the unknown precession frequency. Based on the sparse dictionary, the sparse signal model is then established. A nonlinear least square estimation is first applied to roughly extract the precession frequency in the sparse dictionary. Based on the time segmented radar signal, a sparse component analysis method using the orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm is then proposed to jointly estimate the precession frequency and the scattering centers of the missile. Simulation results illustrate the validity of the proposed method.

  1. Record of decision, Bomarc Missile Accident Site, Mcguire AFB, New Jersey. Final report, November 1989-May 1992

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    West, G.

    1992-11-20

    This document presents the selected final remedial action for the radioactive wastes at the BOMARC Missile Site, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. The BOMARC Missile Site became contaminated in 1960 as the result of a fire which partially consumed a nuclear warhead-equipped BOMARC missile. The Air Force has decided to pursue excavation and Off-site Disposal of contaminated waste at a Department of Energy (DOE) disposal facility. This is a cost effective, permanent remedy, and is the environmentally preferred alternative. However, should the Air Force be denied the use of a DOE facility, or if other events should dramatically decreasemore » the cost effectiveness of this remedy, then as an interim remedy, the Air Force will maintain the BOMARC Missile Site in accordance with the NEPA No Action Alternative.« less

  2. 13. Missile site control building, third and fourth floor interior, ...

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    13. Missile site control building, third and fourth floor interior, showing east corner and former electrical equipment area, room #306. This building was salvaged and sealed in the 1970's; the lower floors also suffered flooding - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

  3. Final Environmental Assessment for Conventional Strike Missile Demonstration

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-08-11

    impacts of conducting a single demonstration flight test of the Conventional Strike Missile (CSM). The CSM Demonstration flight test vehicle would...Vehicle would glide at hypersonic velocities in the upper atmosphere, prior to a land or ocean impact at the US Army Kwajalein Atoll/Reagan Test Site...SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR CONVENTIONAL STRIKE MISSILE DEMONSTRATION AGENCY: United States Air Force (USAF) BACKGROUND

  4. Applications of High Speed Networks

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1991-09-01

    plished in order to achieve a dpgree of parallelism by constructing a distributed switch. The type of switch, self -routing, processes the packet...control more than a dozen missiles in flight, and the four Mark 99 target illuminators direct missiles in the terminal phase. The self -contained Phalanx...military installations, weapon system respose and expected missile performance against a threat. Projects are already underway transposing of

  5. 33 CFR 334.590 - Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ..., Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. 334.590 Section 334.590 Navigation... RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS § 334.590 Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (a) The danger zone. An area in the Atlantic Ocean immediately offshore from...

  6. VIEW OF CONTROL PANEL (RIGHT) AT THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL ...

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    VIEW OF CONTROL PANEL (RIGHT) AT THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND SIDE OF THE MISSILE TUBE (FOREGROUND). VIEW FACING EAST - U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

  7. 47 CFR 90.371 - Dedicated short range communications service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... Ligget, CA 355756N 1211404W Pacific Missile Test Center, CA 340914N 1190524W Naval Air Development Center... 405600N 0743400W Redstone Arsenal, AL 343630N 0863610W White Sands Missile Range, NM 322246N 1062813W Army Research Laboratory, MD 390000N 0765800W Space and Missile Systems Center, CA 335500N 1182200W Edwards AFB...

  8. 47 CFR 90.371 - Dedicated short range communications service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... Ligget, CA 355756N 1211404W Pacific Missile Test Center, CA 340914N 1190524W Naval Air Development Center... 405600N 0743400W Redstone Arsenal, AL 343630N 0863610W White Sands Missile Range, NM 322246N 1062813W Army Research Laboratory, MD 390000N 0765800W Space and Missile Systems Center, CA 335500N 1182200W Edwards AFB...

  9. 47 CFR 90.371 - Dedicated short range communications service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Ligget, CA 355756N 1211404W Pacific Missile Test Center, CA 340914N 1190524W Naval Air Development Center... 405600N 0743400W Redstone Arsenal, AL 343630N 0863610W White Sands Missile Range, NM 322246N 1062813W Army Research Laboratory, MD 390000N 0765800W Space and Missile Systems Center, CA 335500N 1182200W Edwards AFB...

  10. 47 CFR 90.371 - Dedicated short range communications service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... Ligget, CA 355756N 1211404W Pacific Missile Test Center, CA 340914N 1190524W Naval Air Development Center... 405600N 0743400W Redstone Arsenal, AL 343630N 0863610W White Sands Missile Range, NM 322246N 1062813W Army Research Laboratory, MD 390000N 0765800W Space and Missile Systems Center, CA 335500N 1182200W Edwards AFB...

  11. 77 FR 68073 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the St. Louis, MO; Southern Missouri; Cleveland, OH; and...

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    2012-11-15

    ... Albuquerque, NM, and El Paso, TX, wage areas to White Sands Missile Range. DATES: We must receive comments on... because the Department of Defense now refers to it as that White Sands Missile Range. OPM announced these... not include White Sands Missile Range portion) Los Alamos Mora Quay Rio Arriba Roosevelt San Miguel...

  12. 78 FR 62597 - 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

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    2013-10-22

    ... Block II missiles, 1000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) with BRU-61 carriage systems, 40 CATM-84H... missiles, 1000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB), 40 CATM-84H Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM), 20... Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) I weapon is a 250-lb class, all-up round (AUR) that provides greater than 50nm...

  13. 12. Photocopy of drawing of underground missile storage, elevator and ...

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    12. Photocopy of drawing of underground missile storage, elevator and ground-level launchers from 'Procedures and Drills for the NIKE Ajax System,' Department of the Army Field Manual, FM-44-80 from Institute for Military History, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA, 1956 - NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

  14. United States nuclear tests, July 1945 through September 1992

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Not Available

    1994-12-01

    This document lists chronologically and alphabetically by name all nuclear tests and simultaneous detonations conducted by the United States from July 1945 through September 1992. Several tests conducted during Operation Dominic involved missile launches from Johnston Atoll. Several of these missile launches were aborted, resulting in the destruction of the missile and nuclear device either on the pad or in the air.

  15. DefenseLink Special: Travels with Gates, April 2007

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    leg of a three-day trip to Moscow, Warsaw and Berlin to discuss U.S. plans to base a missile defense U.S. plan to base missile defense assets in Eastern Europe. "We've made some very far-reaching to discuss the proposed U.S. plan to base missile defenses in Eastern Europe, Defense Secretary

  16. Space-Based Counterforce in the Second Nuclear Age

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2015-04-01

    nuclear counterforce missiles and anti-ICBM missiles and mines ], equipped with the complete spectrum of sensing equipment including infrared...yield, fallout minimized nuclear weapons. Each ship would also have a robust loadout of space mines and anti-ICBM missiles or directed energy...29 incoming asteroids or comets which could impact Earth carrying whatever deflection technique deemed appropriate to the threat, potentially

  17. 78 FR 39198 - Pacific Ocean Off the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii...

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    ... the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; Danger Zone AGENCY: U.S... off the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy... at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii by increasing the water area historically noted on nautical...

  18. Penaid Nonproliferation: Hindering the Spread of Countermeasures Against Ballistic Missile Defenses

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-01-01

    50 Penaid Nonproliferation: Hindering the Spread of Countermeasures Against Ballistic Missile Defenses 42 /2010! Plume Signature Control...and Richard Speier, “Penaid Nonproliferation: Analysis and Recommendations,” briefing, Veridian Corp., Arlington, Va., June 29, 2000. “ Missile ...is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis . This electronic document was made available

  19. Aircraft Survivability: Vulnerability Reduction, Spring 2006

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-01-01

    selected small arms, rocket propelled grenades, and shoulder-fired missiles will be presented. Figure 1 and Figure 2 illustrate previous demonstrations...lethality. Hands-on experience will be provided with threat munitions and missiles , test articles, damaged-air- craft hardware, live fire...non-linear effects of scale and operational environment. Current Efforts In the structures S&T program at the US Army Aviation and Missile Research

  20. Motion of a ballistic missile angularly misaligned with the flight path upon entering the atmosphere and its effect upon aerodynamic heating, aerodynamic loads, and miss distance

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Allen, Julian H

    1957-01-01

    An analysis is given of the oscillating motion of a ballistic missile which upon entering the atmosphere is angularly misaligned with respect to the flight path. The history of the motion for some example missiles is discussed from the point of view of the effect of the motion on the aerodynamic heating and loading. The miss distance at the target due to misalignment and to small accidental trim angles is treated. The stability problem is also discussed for the case where the missile is tumbling prior to atmospheric entry.

  1. Flowfield Measurements in the Vortex Wake of a Missile at High Angle of Attack in Turbulence

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1988-12-01

    pressure coefficient Cy: side force coefficient d: base diameter of the missile body F: blockage correction K: wind tunnel calibration factor LI : missile...and assistance in the wind tunnel apparatus and data acquisition s -;te1 m. I would like to thank Lt. Ao Chia-Ning. Republic of China Navy, Mr. Li ...axisymmetric missile configuration. 6- MO GRID + WIJS RE 1.33 E+05 z 2- Li 0- O C8 -C0 tq *tt~E I ’mtO0 E 5 , • r;.H/ 2 011USE 6 -6 x J! ’ 5SE 3 ,AHOSE

  2. An operational computer program to control Self Defense Surface Missile System operations

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Roe, C.L.

    1991-12-01

    An account is given of the system architecture and operational protocols of the NATO Seasparrow Surface Missile System (NSSMS) Operational Computer Program (OCP) which has been developed, and is being deployed multinationally, to respond against antiship missiles. Flowcharts are presented for the target detection and tracking, control, and engagement phases of the Self Defense Surface Missile System that is controlled by the OCP. USN and other NATO vessels will carry the NSSMS well into the next century; the OCP presently described will be deployed in the course of 1992 to enhance the self-defense capabilities of the NSSMS-equipped fleet. 8 refs.

  3. Annual water resources review, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 1980

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Cruz, R.R.

    1981-01-01

    Ground-water data were collected in 1980 at White Sands Missile Range in south-central New Mexico. The total water pumped at White Sands Missile Range in 1980 was 725,053,000 gallons, which was 32.5 million gallons more than in 1979. The Post Headquarters well field, which produces more than 98 percent of the water used at White Sands Missile Range, pumped 712,909,000 gallons, which was 31.1 million gallons more in 1980 than in 1979. Data were collected for specific Range areas north of the Post Headquarters area that might have potential for future water-supply development. (USGS)

  4. Penetration and perforation of skin by bullets and missiles. A review of the literature.

    PubMed

    DiMaio, V J

    1981-06-01

    A review of the literature on perforation of skin by bullets and missiles indicates that there is a range of velocity below which a missile cannot perforate the skin. Velocities of between 38.1 and 61.6 meters/second (125 and 202 ft./second) will produce at least minimal damage to the surface of the skin, though without perforation. In order for a missile to perforate the skin and enter the underlying subcutaneous tissue and muscle, a minimum velocity in the order of 70 meters/second (230 ft./second) is necessary with an energy/area of presentation of approximately 2.1 m-kg/cm2.

  5. Dispelling myths about verification of sea-launched cruise missiles.

    PubMed

    Lewis, G N; Ride, S K; Townsend, J S

    1989-11-10

    It is widely believed that an arms control limit on nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles would be nearly impossible to verify. Among the reasons usually given are: these weapons are small, built in nondistinctive industrial facilities, deployed on a variety of ships and submarines, and difficult to distinguish from their conventionally armed counterparts. In this article, it is argued that the covert production and deployment of nuclear-armed sealaunched cruise missiles would not be so straightforward. A specific arms control proposal is described, namely a total ban on nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles. This proposal is used to illustrate how an effective verification scheme might be constructed.

  6. Five Pioneers with Scale Models of Their Missiles

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1950-01-01

    Five pioneers pose with scale models of their missiles they created in the 1950s. From left to right: Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, a member of the original German rocket team who directed the Research Projects Office, Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA); Major General Holger Toftoy, who consolidated U.S. missile and rocketry development; Professor Herman Oberth, a rocket pioneer and Dr. von Braun's mentor; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Development Operation Division, ABMA; and Dr. Robert Lusser, who served as assistant director for Reliability Engineering for ABMA. This photographis was taken February 1, 1956 by Hank Walker and appeared in February 27, 1956 issue of Life magazine.

  7. Report of the analysis of the joint medium range air to surface missile program

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    1980-01-01

    The objective of this effort completed between July, 1979 and January, 1980 was to investigate technical alternatives and make recommendations concerning management approaches to accomplish the project goals. The purpose of this report is to formalize those recommendations and to identify future courses of action alternatives. The basic concepts incorporated in a supersonic stand-off, air-to-surface missile have existed in Navy advance planning for many years. Navy action on this concept was formalized in 1967 with the decision to initiate a funded technology program to produce a system technology prototype of an advance tactical stand-off missile. Parallel development of propulsion, guidance, and other subsystem technologies conducted by the Air Force, industry, and other countries have also contributed to the current technology base. In May 1978, the Chief of Naval Operations established a requirement for a survivable medium range air-to-surface missile with the issuance of operational requirement W-0650-TW, 'Medium Range Air-to-Surface Missile'. The requirements delineate the need for an offensive air-to-surface missile that can penetrate and survive against defenses expected to be encountered in the 80's and 90's.

  8. [Ballistic approach in head injuries caused by missiles].

    PubMed

    Jourdan, P; Billant, J B; Desgeorges, M

    1989-01-01

    If the missile head injury treatment is relatively well codified, wound ballistic, on the other hand, is not well known of neurosurgeons. Different means of study and tissue simulants are being listed. In face of numerous contradictory results, we shall only retain the M.L. Fackler method with 10% gelatin. Experimental results will depend on: 1. Missile parameters. For instance, in soft homogeneous tissue, one can discern shells with an uncertain path, full jacketed bullets which tumble after a variable "neck", and non jacketed missiles which cause wound through "mushrooming" and/or fragmentation effect. Buckshot wounds obey the rule "all or none". 2. Body reactions, particularly the clash with a hard material like bone, which can overturn everything described in soft tissues. These wound ballistic notions have lead us to formulate two pathogenic hypothesizes, allowing us to understand sometime case reports which had first seemed paradoxical: the brain structure, enclosed in the skull will not able to survive any major temporary cavity, the more or less deep missile pathway through the skull will be very different according to the type and energy of the missile, and to the hardness of pierced bone.

  9. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Canavan, G.H.

    Optimizations of missile allocation based on linearized exchange equations produce accurate allocations, but the limits of validity of the linearization are not known. These limits are explored in the context of the upload of weapons by one side to initially small, equal forces of vulnerable and survivable weapons. The analysis compares analytic and numerical optimizations and stability induces based on aggregated interactions of the two missile forces, the first and second strikes they could deliver, and they resulting costs. This note discusses the costs and stability indices induced by unilateral uploading of weapons to an initially symmetrical low force configuration.more » These limits are quantified for forces with a few hundred missiles by comparing analytic and numerical optimizations of first strike costs. For forces of 100 vulnerable and 100 survivable missiles on each side, the analytic optimization agrees closely with the numerical solution. For 200 vulnerable and 200 survivable missiles on each side, the analytic optimization agrees with the induces to within about 10%, but disagrees with the allocation of the side with more weapons by about 50%. The disagreement comes from the interaction of the possession of more weapons with the shift of allocation from missiles to value that they induce.« less

  10. Department of Defense high power laser program guidance

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Muller, Clifford H.

    1994-06-01

    The DoD investment of nominally $200 million per year is focused on four high power laser (HPL) concepts: Space-Based Laser (SBL), a Ballistic Missile Defense Organization effort that addresses boost-phase intercept for Theater Missile Defense and National Missile Defense; Airborne Laser (ABL), an Air Force effort that addresses boost-phase intercept for Theater Missile Defense; Ground-Based Laser (GBL), an Air Force effort addressing space control; and Anti-Ship Missile Defense (ASMD), a Navy effort addressing ship-based defense. Each organization is also supporting technology development with the goal of achieving less expensive, brighter, and lighter high power laser systems. These activities represent the building blocks of the DoD program to exploit the compelling characteristics of the high power laser. Even though DoD's HPL program are focused and moderately strong, additional emphasis in a few technical areas could help reduce risk in these programs. In addition, a number of options are available for continuing to use the High-Energy Laser System Test Facility (HELSTF) at White Sands Missile Range. This report provides a brief overview and guidance for the five efforts which comprise the DoD HPL program (SBL, ABL, GBL, ASMD, HELSTF).

  11. Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-02-03

    Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues Amy F. Woolf Specialist in Nuclear Weapons Policy...February 3, 2017 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov R41464 Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles...Congressional Research Service Summary Conventional prompt global strike (CPGS) weapons would allow the United States to strike targets anywhere

  12. 15 CFR 744.6 - Restrictions on certain activities of U.S. persons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... missiles in or by a country listed in Country Group D:4 (see supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR); or..., production, or use of missiles in or by a country listed in Country Group D:4 (see supplement no. 1 to part... nuclear explosive devices, chemical or biological weapons, or of missiles. [61 FR 12802, Mar. 25, 1996, as...

  13. 15 CFR 744.6 - Restrictions on certain activities of U.S. persons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... missiles in or by a country listed in Country Group D:4 (see supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR); or..., production, or use of missiles in or by a country listed in Country Group D:4 (see supplement no. 1 to part... nuclear explosive devices, chemical or biological weapons, or of missiles. [61 FR 12802, Mar. 25, 1996, as...

  14. 1. View top of warhead handling building (northwest to southeast) ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    1. View top of warhead handling building (northwest to southeast) of missile launch area. Sprint silos are seen on the left; Spartan silos on the right; and the missile site control building in the distant background and to the right. Launch area antennae and launch chamber covers can be seen - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

  15. 15 CFR 744.6 - Restrictions on certain activities of U.S. persons.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... missiles in or by a country listed in Country Group D:4 (see supplement no. 1 to part 740 of the EAR); or..., production, or use of missiles in or by a country listed in Country Group D:4 (see supplement no. 1 to part... nuclear explosive devices, chemical or biological weapons, or of missiles. [61 FR 12802, Mar. 25, 1996, as...

  16. Theoretical and Experimental Methods in the Solution of Missile Nonlinear Roll Problems

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1978-03-01

    OF ILLUSTRATIONS (Continued) 34 Typical Effect of Slot on Induced Rolling Moment .............. 35 35 Effect of Slot on Amplitude of Induced Rolling...Characteristics of Slotted Fill Vehicle .............. 40 41 Effects of Fin Configuration on Stability ..................... 41 42 Release Envelope...missiles depended strongly upon roll rate. The concept of Magnus instability had been developed earlier from the linear theory of missile dynamics, and

  17. Experimental Flight Characterization of a Canard-Controlled, Subsonic Missile

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-08-01

    ARL-TR-8086 ● AUG 2017 US Army Research Laboratory Experimental Flight Characterization of a Canard- Controlled , Subsonic Missile...Laboratory Experimental Flight Characterization of a Canard- Controlled , Subsonic Missile by Frank Fresconi, Ilmars Celmins, James Maley, and...valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. 1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY) August 2017 2. REPORT TYPE Technical

  18. 76 FR 70695 - Taking and Importing Marine Mammals: U.S. Navy Training in 12 Range Complexes and U.S. Air Force...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-15

    ... regarding the types and amounts of missile and rocket launches that the USAF conducts. DATES: Comments and... missiles and rockets that could be launched over the course of the 5-year rule and indicated that marine... flexibility in the types and amounts of missile and rocket launches that they conduct. NMFS now proposes to...

  19. Extended Range Intercept Technology

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1991-09-01

    particle size other than Freon class fluids. The requirements for a solvent used in grinding ammonium perchlorate to a one micron particle size are high...demonstrate a preprototype missile and launch control systems technology for tactical missile defense applications, including performance ...these two flights would be to verify flight performance and stability of the basic air frame and control system design (LTV Missiles and 1 -2 wp«-2a

  20. The Full Costs of Ballistic Missile Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2003-01-01

    following words: “We assess that countries developing ballistic missiles would also develop various responses to US theater and national defenses. Russia...and China each have developed numerous countermeasures and probably are willing to sell the requisite technologies. • Many countries , such as North...penetration aids and countermeasures. • These countries could develop countermeasures based on these technologies by the time they flight test their missiles

  1. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Norris, R.S.; Arkin, W.M.

    The US. nuclear stockpile is at its lowest level since late 1958 or early 1959. In the past year, many weapons were returned to central military storage depots in the United States and funneled to the Energy Department's Pantex facility for final disassembly and disposal. This article presents a table showing the author's current estimate of the composition of the current operational stockpile, which contains some 10,500 warheads. Also categorized are warheads in [open quotes]inactive reserve[close quotes] and warheads awaiting eventual disassembly. The warheads are generally grouped as bombs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, intercontinental ballistic missiles, air-launched cruise missiles, and sea-launchedmore » cruise missiles. Initial production dates and yield are listed for the warheads.« less

  2. Characteristic extraction and matching algorithms of ballistic missile in near-space by hyperspectral image analysis

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    Lu, Li; Sheng, Wen; Liu, Shihua; Zhang, Xianzhi

    2014-10-01

    The ballistic missile hyperspectral data of imaging spectrometer from the near-space platform are generated by numerical method. The characteristic of the ballistic missile hyperspectral data is extracted and matched based on two different kinds of algorithms, which called transverse counting and quantization coding, respectively. The simulation results show that two algorithms extract the characteristic of ballistic missile adequately and accurately. The algorithm based on the transverse counting has the low complexity and can be implemented easily compared to the algorithm based on the quantization coding does. The transverse counting algorithm also shows the good immunity to the disturbance signals and speed up the matching and recognition of subsequent targets.

  3. Accidental low velocity atypical missile injury to the head.

    PubMed

    Chattopadhyay, Saurabh

    2008-12-01

    Missile injuries on the head are mostly due to firearms. Atypical missiles may be encountered in case of shrapnel of bomb explosions but rarely because of stones. The present case is a rare case where a stone propelled by the pressure from the rear wheel of a speeding truck on the highway, struck the head of a 7-year-old girl resulting in fatality. Reconstruction of the incident on the basis of history and postmortem findings throws some light on the mechanism. The case is unique as it is the first reported case of an accidental missile injury to the head resulting in fatality without any direct human involvement for propulsion of the projectile.

  4. A low cost maritime control aircraft-ship-weapons system. [antiship missile defense

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Fluk, H.

    1981-01-01

    It is pointed out that the long-range antiship standoff missile is emerging as the foremost threat on the seas. Delivered by high speed bombers, surface ships, and submarines, a missile attack can be mounted against selected targets from any point on the compass. An investigation is conducted regarding the configuration of a system which could most efficiently identify and destroy standoff threats before they launch their weapons. It is found that by using ships for carrying and launching missiles, and employing aircraft with a powerful radar only for search and missile directing operations, aircraft cost and weight can be greatly reduced. The employment of V/STOL aircraft in preference to other types of aircraft makes it possible to use ships of smaller size for carrying the aircraft. However, in order to obtain an all-weather operational capability for the system, ships are selected which are still big enough to display the required stability in heavy seas.

  5. Cooperative Monitoring Center Occasional Paper/4: Missile Control in South Asia and the Role of Cooperative Monitoring Technology

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Kamal, N.; Sawhney, P.

    1998-10-01

    The succession of nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in May 1998 has changed the nature of their missile rivalry, which is only one of numerous manifestations of their relationship as hardened adversaries, deeply sensitive to each other's existing and evolving defense capabilities. The political context surrounding this costly rivalry remains unmediated by arms control measures or by any nascent prospect of detente. As a parallel development, sensible voices in both countries will continue to talk of building mutual confidence through openness to avert accidents, misjudgments, and misinterpretations. To facilitate a future peace process, this paper offers possible suggestions formore » stabilization that could be applied to India's and Pakistan's missile situation. Appendices include descriptions of existing missile agreements that have contributed to better relations for other countries as well as a list of the cooperative monitoring technologies available to provide information useful in implementing subcontinent missile regimes.« less

  6. Method of passive ranging from infrared image sequence based on equivalent area

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Yang, Weiping; Shen, Zhenkang

    2007-11-01

    The information of range between missile and targets is important not only to missile controlling component, but also to automatic target recognition, so studying the technique of passive ranging from infrared images has important theoretic and practical meanings. Here we tried to get the range between guided missile and target and help to identify targets or dodge a hit. The issue of distance between missile and target is currently a hot and difficult research content. As all know, infrared imaging detector can not range so that it restricts the functions of the guided information processing system based on infrared images. In order to break through the technical puzzle, we investigated the principle of the infrared imaging, after analysing the imaging geometric relationship between the guided missile and the target, we brought forward the method of passive ranging based on equivalent area and provided mathematical analytic formulas. Validating Experiments demonstrate that the presented method has good effect, the lowest relative error can reach 10% in some circumstances.

  7. Aerodynamic Analysis of a Canard Missile Configuration using ANSYS-CFX

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-12-01

    OF A CANARD MISSILE CONFIGURATION USING ANSYS - CFX by Hong Chuan Wee December 2011 Thesis Advisor: Maximilian Platzer Second Reader...DATES COVERED Master’s Thesis 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Aerodynamic Analysis of a Canard Missile Configuration using ANSYS - CFX 5. FUNDING NUMBERS 6...distribution is unlimited 12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE 13. ABSTRACT (maximum 200 words) This study used the Computational Fluid Dynamics code, ANSYS - CFX to

  8. An Ada Object Oriented Missile Flight Simulation

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1991-09-01

    identify by block number) This thesis uses the Ada programming language in the design and development of an air-to-air missile flight simulation with...object oriented techniques and sound software engineering principles. The simulation is designed to be more understandable, modifiable, efficient and...Department of Computer Science ii ABSTRACT This thesis uses the Ada programming language in the design and development of an air-to-air missile flight

  9. Feasibility Study On Missile Launch Detection And Trajectory Tracking

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-09-01

    Vehicles ( UAVs ) in military operations, their role in a missile defense operation is not well defined. The simulation program discussed in this thesis ...targeting information to an attacking UAV to reliably intercept the missile. B . FURTHER STUDIES The simulation program can be enhanced to improve the...intercept the threat. This thesis explores the challenges in creating a simulation program to process video footage from an unstable platform and the

  10. MissileLab User’s Guide

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-02-01

    extension) that contain the airframe geometry specific to a single configuration. Results from a MissileLab run will be stored in a directory...re)created and contain all APE results and associated input files. C. Background In the early stages of missile system design, it is necessary to...Copying the AeroEngine Files After installation, the subdirectories in the “AeroEngine” directory contain contact information on how to obtain valid

  11. Design Architectures for Optically Multiplexed Imaging

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2015-09-16

    which single task is the highest priority task ∗ according to Equation 16. In es- sence , the task that is most often predicted to be of the...deployment (or a null deployment from inaction), our features consisted of pairwise relationships between each placed decoy and each missile. For each...de- coy/missile pairing, we have features describing whether a decoy had been placed such that the missile would be suc- cessfully distracted by

  12. White Sands Missile Range Overview & Introduction: Test Capabilities Briefing

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-11-07

    PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC),White Sands Missile Range,White Sands Missile Range,NM,88002...5000 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR’S ACRONYM(S) 11. SPONSOR...solar radiation, icing, salt fog, etc. • Instrumented for system performance / diagnostics  Climatics testing capabilities • Fixed and mobile test

  13. Cruise Missile Engines

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1982-01-01

    Williams International's F107 fanjet engine is used in two types of cruise missiles, Navy-sponsored Tomahawk and the Air Force AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM). Engine produces about 600 pounds thrust, is one foot in diameter and weighs only 141 pounds. Design was aided by use of a COSMIC program in calculating airflows in engine's internal ducting, resulting in a more efficient engine with increased thrust and reduced fuel consumption.

  14. Ship Design

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1982-01-01

    Guided missile cruiser equipped with advanced Aegis fleet defense system which automatically tracks hundreds of attacking aircraft or missiles, then fires and guides the ship's own weapons in response. Designed by Ingalls Shipbuilding for the US Navy, the U.S.S. Ticonderoga is the first of four CG-47 cruisers to be constructed. NASTRAN program was used previously in another Navy/Ingalls project involving design and construction of four DDG-993 Kidd Class guided missile destroyers.

  15. Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2005-07-20

    time to age. The United States introduced generation after generation of new nuclear “delivery vehicles ” — bombers, missile submarines, and land...less constrained in weight because bombers carry heavier loads than missiles. 26 Ballistic missiles carry warheads inside reentry vehicles (RVs). An...RV is a streamlined shell that protects its warhead from the intense heat and other stresses of reentering the atmosphere at high speed. RVs are

  16. An Overview of the Greyscales Lethality Assessment Methodology

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-01-01

    code has already been integrated into the Weapon Systems Division MECA and DUEL missile engagement simulations. It can also be integrated into...incorporated into a variety of simulations. The code has already been integrated into the Weapon Systems Division MECA and DUEL missile engagement...capable of being incorporated into a variety of simulations. The code has already been integrated into the Weapon Systems Division MECA and DUEL missile

  17. Environmental Baseline Survey for Three Sites at TRW Capistrano Test Site, California

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1999-11-01

    by Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center Los Angeles Air Force Base, California Report Documentation Page Report Date 00111999 Report Type N...and Address(es) Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center Los Angeles Air Force Base, California Performing Organization Report Number...Sponsoring/Monitoring Agency Name(s) and Address(es) Department of the Air Force Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base

  18. The Evolution of the Cruise Missile

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-09-01

    the country is to remain militarily strong. A leading student of military technology has put it this way: ... new and more effective weapons have...make the best decisions and plans. Students of the cruise missile sould focus on the basic characteristics of the weapon. Consequently, this study...Hughes, "Competition Optios for the Medium Range Air-t- ace Missile Pmgram." unpublished MA Thesis, American Uiversity , 1981, 23, 24; "Navy Sees MRASM

  19. New Air-Launched Small Missile (ALSM) Flight Testbed for Hypersonic Systems

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Bui, Trong T.; Lux, David P.; Stenger, Michael T.; Munson, Michael J.; Teate, George F.

    2007-01-01

    The Phoenix Air-Launched Small Missile (ALSM) flight testbed was conceived and is proposed to help address the lack of quick-turnaround and cost-effective hypersonic flight research capabilities. The Phoenix ALSM testbed results from utilization of the United States Navy Phoenix AIM-54 (Hughes Aircraft Company, now Raytheon Company, Waltham, Massachusetts) long-range, guided air-to-air missile and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dryden Flight Research Center (Edwards, California) F-15B (McDonnell Douglas, now the Boeing Company, Chicago, Illinois) testbed airplane. The retirement of the Phoenix AIM-54 missiles from fleet operation has presented an opportunity for converting this flight asset into a new flight testbed. This cost-effective new platform will fill the gap in the test and evaluation of hypersonic systems for flight Mach numbers ranging from 3 to 5. Preliminary studies indicate that the Phoenix missile is a highly capable platform; when launched from a high-performance airplane, the guided Phoenix missile can boost research payloads to low hypersonic Mach numbers, enabling flight research in the supersonic-to-hypersonic transitional flight envelope. Experience gained from developing and operating the Phoenix ALSM testbed will assist the development and operation of future higher-performance ALSM flight testbeds as well as responsive microsatellite-small-payload air-launched space boosters.

  20. New Air-Launched Small Missile (ALSM) Flight Testbed for Hypersonic Systems

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Bui, Trong T.; Lux, David P.; Stenger, Mike; Munson, Mike; Teate, George

    2006-01-01

    A new testbed for hypersonic flight research is proposed. Known as the Phoenix air-launched small missile (ALSM) flight testbed, it was conceived to help address the lack of quick-turnaround and cost-effective hypersonic flight research capabilities. The Phoenix ALSM testbed results from utilization of two unique and very capable flight assets: the United States Navy Phoenix AIM-54 long-range, guided air-to-air missile and the NASA Dryden F-15B testbed airplane. The U.S. Navy retirement of the Phoenix AIM-54 missiles from fleet operation has presented an excellent opportunity for converting this valuable flight asset into a new flight testbed. This cost-effective new platform will fill an existing gap in the test and evaluation of current and future hypersonic systems for flight Mach numbers ranging from 3 to 5. Preliminary studies indicate that the Phoenix missile is a highly capable platform. When launched from a high-performance airplane, the guided Phoenix missile can boost research payloads to low hypersonic Mach numbers, enabling flight research in the supersonic-to-hypersonic transitional flight envelope. Experience gained from developing and operating the Phoenix ALSM testbed will be valuable for the development and operation of future higher-performance ALSM flight testbeds as well as responsive microsatellite small-payload air-launched space boosters.

  1. Toward a new task assignment and path evolution (TAPE) for missile defense system (MDS) using intelligent adaptive SOM with recurrent neural networks (RNNs).

    PubMed

    Wang, Chi-Hsu; Chen, Chun-Yao; Hung, Kun-Neng

    2015-06-01

    In this paper, a new adaptive self-organizing map (SOM) with recurrent neural network (RNN) controller is proposed for task assignment and path evolution of missile defense system (MDS). We address the problem of N agents (defending missiles) and D targets (incoming missiles) in MDS. A new RNN controller is designed to force an agent (or defending missile) toward a target (or incoming missile), and a monitoring controller is also designed to reduce the error between RNN controller and ideal controller. A new SOM with RNN controller is then designed to dispatch agents to their corresponding targets by minimizing total damaging cost. This is actually an important application of the multiagent system. The SOM with RNN controller is the main controller. After task assignment, the weighting factors of our new SOM with RNN controller are activated to dispatch the agents toward their corresponding targets. Using the Lyapunov constraints, the weighting factors for the proposed SOM with RNN controller are updated to guarantee the stability of the path evolution (or planning) system. Excellent simulations are obtained using this new approach for MDS, which show that our RNN has the lowest average miss distance among the several techniques.

  2. A Limited Study of a Hypothetical Winged Anti-ICBM Point-Defense Missile

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Brown, Clarence A., Jr.; Edwards, Frederick G.

    1959-01-01

    A preliminary investigation was conducted to determine whether a warhead stage of an antimissile missile could be placed within an arbitrary 2-nautical-mile-radius maneuver cylinder around an intercontinental-ballistic-missile (ICBM) flight path above an altitude of 140,000 feet, a horizontal range of 40 nautical miles, at a flight-path angle of approximately 20 deg, and within 50 seconds after take-off using only aerodynamic forces to turn the antimissile missile. The preliminary investigation indicated that an antimissile missile using aerodynamic forces for turning was capable of intercepting the ICBM for the stated conditions of this study although the turning must be completed below an altitude of approximately 70,000 feet to insure that the antimissile missile will be at the desired flight-path angle. Trim lift coefficients on the order of 2 to 3 and a maximum normal-acceleration force of from 25g to 35g were necessary to place the warhead stage in intercept position. The preliminary investigation indicated that for the two boosters investigated the booster having a burning time of 10 seconds gave greater range up the ICBM flight path than did the booster having a burning time of 15 seconds for the same trim lift coefficient and required the least trim lift coefficient for the same range.

  3. Use of noise attenuation modeling in managing missile motor detonation activities.

    PubMed

    McFarland, Michael J; Watkins, Jeffrey W; Kordich, Micheal M; Pollet, Dean A; Palmer, Glenn R

    2004-03-01

    The Sound Intensity Prediction System (SIPS) and Blast Operation Overpressure Model (BOOM) are semiempirical sound models that are employed by the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) to predict whether noise levels from the detonation of large missile motors will exceed regulatory thresholds. Field validation of SIPS confirmed that the model was effective in limiting the number of detonations of large missile motors that could potentially result in a regulatory noise exceedance. Although the SIPS accurately predicted the impact of weather on detonation noise propagation, regulators have required that the more conservative BOOM model be employed in conjunction with SIPS in evaluating peak noise levels in populated areas. By simultaneously considering the output of both models, in 2001, UTTR detonated 104 missile motors having net explosive weights (NEW) that ranged between 14,960 and 38,938 lb without a recorded public noise complaint. Based on the encouraging results, the U.S. Department of Defense is considering expanding the application of these noise models to support the detonation of missile motors having a NEW of 81,000 lb. Recent modeling results suggest that, under appropriate weather conditions, missile motors containing up to 96,000 lb NEW can be detonated at the UTTR without exceeding the regulatory noise limit of 134 decibels (dB).

  4. The new politics of missile proliferation

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Karp, A.

    1996-10-01

    The author addresses the most consequential proliferation battle of the 1990s which occurred in Washington over the interpretation of the long-term threat to the United States from ballistic missiles. In the early 1970s, the stabilization of the US-Soviet strategic relationship led to new disputes over the other side`s future intentions, seen most graphically in Western debates over the implications of the Soviet SS-18 and SS-20 missile programs. Today, in much the same way, proliferation politics has matured to the point that surprises are few and the most challenging problem is anticipating the more distant future. Washington`s ballistic missile proliferation battlemore » was sparked by National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) 95-19, entitled {open_quotes}Emerging Threats to North America During the Next 15 Years,{close_quotes} released by the National Intelligence Council in November 1995. This document updated the evidence of regional missile programs reviewed in a similar report issued in 1993, and recapitulated the previous finding that {open_quotes}No country, other than the major declared nuclear powers, will develop or otherwise acquire a ballistic missile in the next 15 years that could threatened the contiguous 48 states or Canada.{close_quotes} The new report confirmed what several other studies of missile proliferation had already established: that besides the five nuclear-weapon states (the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain), only India, Israel and Japan are in a position to develop an ICBM during the foreseeable future, and while all have relevant capabilities, none are undertaking the steps necessary to develop an actual ICBM.« less

  5. 22 CFR 121.3 - Aircraft.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... lasers, launching rockets, firing missiles, dropping bombs, or strafing); (4) Are strategic airlift..., active missile counter measures, target designation, surveillance, or sensor capabilities; or (7) Are...

  6. Modular Digital Missile Guidance, Phase I2

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1976-01-28

    at OMR. The revised study plan was fornally approved by ONR on 29 May 1975, confining the sinulatlon analysis work to a Class II missile with...functions analyzed in tne Phase I and Phase 11 studies . It can be seen thatf tnere practicable» (based on the results of function partitioning trade...llaillAU AS a result of this study » three generic missile families have oeen established and» relative to this classification» on

  7. Mind-Sets and Missiles: A First Hand Account of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-09-01

    was still in session, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric gave a speech to the Business Council at White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia...Bundy and Roswell Gilpatric in Paris to warn them that he believed the Soviets would place offensive missiles in Cuba. In a series of cables between...repeat missions of recent reconnaissance operations which [Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell ] Gilpatric advises informative. Also I support use of R

  8. Guide for Transitioning Army Missile Systems From Development to Production.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-07-01

    cost reduction ideas. 3 e! M. atumtion0 !eM . One missile system currently In fall *"I* develoluft, MM9 bee foregone the traditional engineering... costs , delivery schedules and deployment dates. Because of these difficulties and a desire to improve the weapon systems acquisition process, the...tered during the transition of new missile systems into production include: 1. High production unit costs - Occasionally the number of systems to be

  9. Defense Acquisitions. Missile Defense Agency Fields Initial Capability but Falls Short of Original Goals

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-03-01

    Implementation Plan MAP Missile Defense System Assurance Provisions MDA Missile Defense System NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NFIRE ...fourth element, KEI, also delayed some activities related to its Near Field Infrared Experiment ( NFIRE ), which is being conducted to gather data on the...to complete a number of tasks that would have enabled it to conduct the NFIRE experiment. The experiment places sensors aboard a satellite that

  10. European Missile Defense and Russia

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-07-01

    defense system in Europe by 2018 , which involved four phases at the time. The first phase consisted of an early warning radar estab- lished in Turkey...bal- listic missile interceptor site in Europe, slated to be operational in Redizkowo, Poland, by 2018 , equipped with the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor...fourth phases, that is towards 2018 and 2020, the U.S. missile defence sector almost reaches Russia’s Urals. This is not what we have agreed on.29

  11. Design and Testing of a Combustor for a Turbo-Ramjet Engine for UAV and Missile Applications

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2003-03-01

    CA, September 1999. 6. Al- Namani , S . M., Development of Shrouded Turbojet to Form a Turboramjet for Future Missile Applications, Master’s Thesis...Turbo- ramjet Engine for UAV and Missile Applications 6. AUTHOR( S ) Ross H. Piper III 5. FUNDING NUMBERS 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME( S ) AND...ADDRESS(ES) Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943-5000 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER 9. SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME( S

  12. United States National Security Interests and North Korea: Leveraging Common Interests

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2007-06-15

    Initiative ROK Republic of Korea (South Korea) SPOT State Sponsor of Terrorism list WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction WTO World Trade Organization x...Economic dependence has unwittingly tied Japan, South Korea, China, and the US together, binding these nations together by trade . On the other hand...missiles and missile technology a central part of their export trade . 10 Though solid figures are not available for the value of the missile trade , it

  13. Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-08-18

    of UK design and manufacture . 12 For more on the arrangement for jointly building Virginia- class boats, see CRS Report RL32418, Navy Virginia (SSN...schedule reduction in Missile Tube Module manufacturing for the OR Class . This schedule reduction, on a potential critical path assembly, would reduce...Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Ronald O’Rourke

  14. Bodies with noncircular cross sections and bank-to-turn missiles

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Jackson, C. M., Jr.; Sawyer, W. C.

    1992-01-01

    A development status evaluation is presented for the aerodynamics of missile configurations with noncircular cross-sections and bank-to-turn maneuvering systems, giving attention to cases with elliptical and square cross-sections, as well as bodies with variable cross-sections. The assessment of bank-to-turn missile performance notes inherent stability/control problems. A summary and index are provided for aerodynamic data on monoplanar configurations, including those which incorporate airbreathing propulsion systems.

  15. 9. Photographic copy of photograph, dated June 1971 (original print ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    9. Photographic copy of photograph, dated June 1971 (original print in possession of James E. Zielinski, Earth Tech, Huntsville, AL). Photographer unknown. View of sprint missile silo liners, prior to their installation within the subsurface holes at the missile launch site (June 1971). Not the silo liner at right; atop this is the launch preparation equipment chamber (LPEC). - Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Exclusion Area, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

  16. 46th Annual Gun and Missile Systems Conference and Exhibition. Volume 3 - Thursday

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-09-01

    Grade Sensors Through Use of Accelerated Aging Principles Mr. Scott Gift 11657 Modeling of the Autofrettage Processes of a Gun Barrel Mr. Sudhir...Emissions Measured on the Outer Portion of a Composite Barrel Ms. Rushie Ghimire GUN & MISSILE SYSTEMS ADDITIONAL AUTHORS GUN & MISSILE SYSTEMS...Transportation – Loading – Gun Fire to Barrel Exit – After Barrel Exit • Passing: Fuze safety devices remain safe; safe for disposal or safe for

  17. Air-to-Air Missile Enhanced Scoring with Kalman Smoothing

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-03-01

    Samuel and Robert Popoli. Modern Tracking Systems. Artech House, 1999. 3. Brown , Robert G. and Patrick Y. C. Hwang . Introduction to Random Signals and...Air-to-Air Missile Enhanced Scoring with Kalman Smoothing THESIS Jonathon Gipson, Captain, USAF AFIT/GE/ENG/12-18 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE AIR...AFIT/GE/ENG/12-18 Air-to-Air Missile Enhanced Scoring with Kalman Smoothing THESIS Presented to the Faculty Department of Electrical and Computer

  18. Missileer: The Dawn, Decline, and Reinvigoration of America’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Operators

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-06-01

    Group, resulting in all missiles entering ‘ radio mode’ and making them air-launch accessible.1 This loss of communications was an anomaly caused by an...MEECN) Program (MMP) Part of MEECN program that replaced legacy Survivable Low Frequency Communications System (SLFCS) with integrated extremely high...very low/low frequency (EHF/VLF/LF) communications capability. Began in 2003 and finished in 2005. Security Modernization (Three phases: Fast

  19. Design trade-offs for homing missiles

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Spencer, Allen; Moore, William

    1992-05-01

    Major design considerations, trade-offs and technology issues for future hypervelocity, anti-missile interceptors are presented in an overview format. Two classes of interceptors are considered: a low altitude interceptor using an active radar seeker for defense against tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs) and a higher altitude interceptor using a passive infra-red seeker for defense against ICBMs. Considerations are presented in the areas of mission requirements, seeker selection, aerodynamic and aerothermal environments, control systems, and guidance performance.

  20. 101. View of transmitter building no. 102, missile warning operation ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    101. View of transmitter building no. 102, missile warning operation center, close up view of DRED (detection radar environmental display) console in operation showing target. Official photograph BMEWS Project by Hansen, 14 March 1963, clear as negative no. A-8803. - Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

  1. Cruise Missile Penaid Nonproliferation: Hindering the Spread of Countermeasures Against Cruise Missile Defenses

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-01-01

    this report treats cruise missile penaids and UAV penaids, sometimes called “self-protection” (see La Franchi , 2004), interchangeably. 8 Cruise...Penaid Export Controls 41 2. Anti-Jam Equipment MTCR Item 11.A.3.b.3 (Avionics): Current text: “Receiving equipment for Global Navigation Satellite...subsystems beyond those for global navigation satellite systems to all sensor, navigation, and communications systems, and add “including multi-mode

  2. Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-10-25

    for European BMD On September 17, 2009, the Obama Administration announced a new approach for regional BMD operations called the Phased Adaptive...December 2010, the U.S. missile defense approach in Europe commits MDA to delivering systems and associated capabilities on a schedule that requires...announcement of the European Phased Adaptive Approach on September 17, 2009, stated, “This approach is based on an assessment of the Iranian missile

  3. Prediction of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Cruciform Missiles Including Effects of Roll Angle and Control Deflection

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1986-08-01

    CHARACTERISTICS OF CRU.CIFORM MISSILES INCLUDING EFFECTS OF ROLL ANGLE AND CONTROL DEFLECTION N by Daniel J. Lesieutre Michael R. Mendenhall Susana M. Nazario...ANGLE AND CONTROL DEFLECTION Daniel J. Lesieutre Michael R. Mendenhal. Susana M. Nazario Nielsen Engineering & Research, Inc.00 Mountain View, CA 94043...Lo PREDICTION OF THE AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CRU.CIFORM MISSILES - INCLUDING EFFECTS OF ROLL ANGLE AND CONTROL DEFLECTION by Daniel J

  4. 2005 40th Annual Armament Systems: Guns - Ammunition - Rockets - Missiles Conference and Exhibition. Volume 2: Wednesday

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2005-04-28

    Aerosol Plasma Warhead, Mr. Allen H. Stults, US Army RDECOM-AMRDEC Next Generation Adaptable RF Seekers for Precision Munitions, Dr. Cory Myers, BAE Systems...AMRDEC Lunch Session: Missiles & Rockets (Continued) Missile System Lethality Enhancement Through the Use of Pulsed Power and Plasma Conduction Mr. Allen...45 pounds – Performance: 15 miles maximum, in 65 seconds – Guidance: GPS/INS (in-flight updates) + Laser seeker (optional terminal guidance

  5. From A-4 to Explorer 1. [U.S. rocket and missile technology historical review

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Debus, K. H.

    1973-01-01

    Historical review of the development of rocket and missile technology in the United States over the period from 1945 to 1958. Attention is given to the organization of activities, the launch facilities, and the scope of test rocket firings at the White Sands Proving Ground area during the initial phase of research with captured German V2 rockets. The development of the Redstone missiles is outlined by discussing aspects of military involvement, cooperation with industrial suppliers, details of ground support equipment, and results of initial test firings. Subsequent development of the Jupiter missiles is examined in a similar manner, and attention is given to activities involved in the launching of the Explorer 1 satellite.

  6. Remote control missile model test

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Allen, Jerry M.; Shaw, David S.; Sawyer, Wallace C.

    1989-01-01

    An extremely large, systematic, axisymmetric body/tail fin data base was gathered through tests of an innovative missile model design which is described herein. These data were originally obtained for incorporation into a missile aerodynamics code based on engineering methods (Program MISSILE3), but can also be used as diagnostic test cases for developing computational methods because of the individual-fin data included in the data base. Detailed analysis of four sample cases from these data are presented to illustrate interesting individual-fin force and moment trends. These samples quantitatively show how bow shock, fin orientation, fin deflection, and body vortices can produce strong, unusual, and computationally challenging effects on individual fin loads. Comparisons between these data and calculations from the SWINT Euler code are also presented.

  7. A different approach to missile induced head injuries.

    PubMed

    Pabuscu, Yüksel; Bulakbasi, Nail; Kocaoglu, Murat; Ustünsöz, Bahri; Tayfun, Cem

    2003-01-01

    Missile induced head injuries can be influenced by the anatomical location of the injury, i.e. type of tissue and by the ballistic properties such as the design of the weapon and the mass, shape and construction of the projectile, as well as its velocity characteristics and trajectory angle. In the diagnostic work up of the patients with missile induced head injuries, every available modality can be used. It is important, however, to recognize that CT scan is the primary and most efficacious diagnostic tool in such patients. In this article we have identified risk factors for both morbidity and mortality in patients with missile induced head injury with excluding the patients who had also extracranial serious trauma and systemic disease.

  8. Wound ballistics: theory and practice.

    PubMed

    Ordog, G J; Wasserberger, J; Balasubramanium, S

    1984-12-01

    Ballistics is the study of the natural laws governing projectile missiles and their predictable performances, and wound ballistics is the study of a missile's effect on living tissue. A knowledge of these topics is essential to determine the extent and type of injury from a missile. The type of missile can often be determined by radiography. The caliber can be measured directly if the bullet is close to the x-ray plate and the x-ray tube is at least six feet from the film. Changing these distances can result in a maximum magnification of the bullet image of 20%, and the exact amount can be calculated using a formula provided. Definitions of ballistic and wound ballistic terms are provided, as are examples of wound ballistics in application.

  9. Responsiveness summary, bomarc missile site proposed plan. Final report, November 1989-May 1992

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Vest, G.

    1992-11-20

    A Public Meeting on the United States Air Force proposed plan for the clean-up of contamination at the BOMARC Missile Site, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey was conducted at Fort Dix, Now Jersey on June 20, 1992. A summary of responses to comments provided at the Public Meeting is provided. Responses to written comments are provided. A transcript of the public hearing is provided as Appendix A. A copy of all letters provided to the United States Air Force are provided as Appendix B. The BOMARC Missile Site became contaminated in 1960 as the result of a fire whichmore » partially consumed a nuclear warhead-equipped BOMARC missile.« less

  10. Depleted uranium investigation at missile impact sites in White Sands Missile Range

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Van Etten, D.M.; Purtymun, W.D.

    1994-01-01

    An investigation for residual depleted uranium was conducted at Pershing missile impact sites on the White Sands Missile Range. Subsurface core soil samples were taken at Chess, Salt Target, and Mine Impact Sites. A sampling pump was installed in a monitoring well at Site 65 where a Pershing earth penetrator was not recovered. Pumping tests and water samples were taken at this site. Chess Site, located in a gypsum flat, was the only location showing elevated levels of depleted uranium in the subsurface soil or perched groundwater. Small fragments can still be found on the surface of the impact sites.more » The seasonal flooding and near surface water has aided in the movement of surface fragments.« less

  11. Missile Guidance Law Based on Robust Model Predictive Control Using Neural-Network Optimization.

    PubMed

    Li, Zhijun; Xia, Yuanqing; Su, Chun-Yi; Deng, Jun; Fu, Jun; He, Wei

    2015-08-01

    In this brief, the utilization of robust model-based predictive control is investigated for the problem of missile interception. Treating the target acceleration as a bounded disturbance, novel guidance law using model predictive control is developed by incorporating missile inside constraints. The combined model predictive approach could be transformed as a constrained quadratic programming (QP) problem, which may be solved using a linear variational inequality-based primal-dual neural network over a finite receding horizon. Online solutions to multiple parametric QP problems are used so that constrained optimal control decisions can be made in real time. Simulation studies are conducted to illustrate the effectiveness and performance of the proposed guidance control law for missile interception.

  12. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Domke, W.K.; Krantz, S.; Stulberg, A.

    This report is an overview of the discussions and papers given at a workshop and brainstorming secession on missile proliferation. The relationship between missiles and nuclear and chemical weapons are also discussed. (JEF)

  13. Common Ada Missile Packages. Phase 2. (CAMP-2). Volume 2. 11th Missile Demonstration

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1988-11-01

    report describes the work performed, Ihe results obtained, and the conclusions reached during the Common Ada Missile Packages Phase-2 (CAMP-2) contract ... contract was performed between Sep- tember 1985. and March 1988. The MDAC-STL CAMP program manager was: Dr. Daniel G. McNicholl Technology Branch...j DEC Code Management System X X Software Development Files x x Development Status Database x ! X i Smart Cade Counter X j

  14. After the First Shots: Managing Escalation in Northeast Asia

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2015-01-01

    office and several days after North Korea’s third nuclear test, President Park Geun- hye pledged that “Missile capabil- ity will be expanded to develop...a ‘Kill Chain’ system to preemptively strike North Korean missile launchers and nuclear facilities.” See Sangwon Yoon, “ Park Lists Top Priorities...Selects the Taurus KEPD 350 Cruise Missile,” Defense Update, April 5, 2013; and Kim Eun-jung, “State Arms Procurer Requests 11 [Trillion] Won Budget for

  15. The Dilemmas of Developing an Indigenous Advanced Arms Industry for Developing Countries: The Case of India and China

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-12-01

    of providing nuclear power. Once you have the nuclear weapons, they require a delivery system resulting in a missile program. It is afforded higher...out that some domestic advancements may be made in certain sectors, such as nuclear bombs and missiles, because resources may be spent on narrowly...capital, fighter, aviation, nuclear weapons, missiles 16. PRICE CODE 17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT Unclassified 18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

  16. Military Jet Fuels, 1944-1987

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1987-11-01

    first high density, synthetic hydrocarbon missile fuel. Developed by the US Navy, RJ-4 was used in the mid-1960s in the ramjet-powered Tales missile...High Density Synthetic Hydrocarbon Type. Grades 7P-9 and JP-10, covers two fuels currently in use in the Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM). JP-9...revealed that a significant quantity of copper was in the fuel, carried over from a copper- sweetening process. The copper was chelated by the metal

  17. Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-10-03

    of UK design and manufacture . 12 For more on the arrangement for jointly building Virginia- class boats, see CRS Report RL32418, Navy Virginia (SSN...lines would result in a cumulative one year schedule reduction in Missile Tube Module manufacturing for the OR Class . This schedule reduction, on a...Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Ronald O’Rourke

  18. Precession feature extraction of ballistic missile warhead with high velocity

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Sun, Huixia

    2018-04-01

    This paper establishes the precession model of ballistic missile warhead, and derives the formulas of micro-Doppler frequency induced by the target with precession. In order to obtain micro-Doppler feature of ballistic missile warhead with precession, micro-Doppler bandwidth estimation algorithm, which avoids velocity compensation, is presented based on high-resolution time-frequency transform. The results of computer simulations confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method even with low signal-to-noise ratio.

  19. Long term follow up of spinal cord injury caused by penetrating missiles.

    PubMed

    Brooks, M E; Brouner, R; Ohry, A

    1992-02-01

    Eighty-four spinal cord injured patients (SCIP) injured as a result of penetrating missiles were categorised according to: neurological level of injury, age at time of injury, circumstances of injury, missile type, initial treatment, duration of injury, and ethnic background. Evaluations and comparisons were made concerning: life habits, family status, education, employment, and mental well being. A discussion of complicating factors, both physical and psychological, and their relation to the final rehabilitation result is presented.

  20. Annual water-resources review, White Sands Missile Range: 1971

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Cruz, R.R.

    1972-01-01

    This report presents water-resource information that was collected at White Sands Missile Range during 1971 and early 1972 by personnel of the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division. Data on ground-water pumpage and resulting water-level fluctuation, chemical quality, percipitation, and surface-water runoff are summarized in the report. The data were obtained as a result of the continuing water-resources basic-data collection program sponsored by the Facilities Engineering Directorate, White Sands Missile Range.

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