Principles of Modern Radar Missile Seekers.

• Author: Markin, Evgeny.
• Place / Publishing House: Norwood : : Artech House,, 2022.; Ã2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (443 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Principles of Modern Radar Missile Seekers -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Threats -- 1.1.1 The First Threat -- 1.1.2 The Second Threat -- 1.1.3 The Third Threat -- 1.2 Goals and Objectives -- 1.3 Basic Concepts -- References -- CHAPTER 2 Tactical and Technical Characteristics of an Anti-Aircraft Missile System -- 2.1 The Defeat Zone -- 2.1.1 Choosing the Anti-Aircraft Missile System Defeat Zone Boundaries -- 2.1.2 Providing a Given Defeat Zone with the Technical Characteristics of Anti-Aircraft Missile System Combat Requirements -- 2.2 Missile Launch Zone -- 2.3 A Target Detection Zone -- References -- CHAPTER 3 Firing over the Horizon -- 3.1 Basic Principles -- 3.2 Estimate of Ballistic and Flight Characteristics of the Missile According to Data From Open Sources -- 3.3 Problems: Target Search and Auto-Tracking -- References -- CHAPTER 4 Radio Control of Atmospheric Anti-Aircraft Missile -- 4.1 Generalized Block Diagram of the Radio System -- 4.2 Radio Control System Classification -- 4.2.1 Launch Control -- 4.2.2 Anti-Aircraft Missile Flight Control -- 4.2.3 Missile Warhead Detonation Control -- 4.3 Flight Trajectories and Guidance Methods -- 4.3.1 Two-Point Guidance Methods: Homing Methods -- 4.3.2 Three-Point Guidance Methods: Teleguidance Methods -- References -- CHAPTER 5 Radar -- 5.1 Basic Principles -- 5.2 Radar Types -- 5.2.1 Search and Detect Radars -- 5.2.2 Tracking Radars -- 5.2.3 Image Radars -- 5.3 Tactical and Technical Characteristics of the Radar -- References -- CHAPTER 6 Monopulse Radars -- 6.1 Basic Principles -- 6.2 Tracking Radars -- 6.2.1 Amplitude Sum-and-Difference System of Automatic Target Tracking -- 6.2.2 Phase Sum-and-Difference System of Automatic Target Tracking -- 6.3 Monopulse Antenna -- 6.3.1 Lens Antennas -- 6.3.2 Reflector Antennas -- 6.3.3 Arrays Antennas.

6.4 Cross-Polarization Radiation -- 6.5 Radar Resolution on Angular Coordinates -- References -- CHAPTER 7 Some Interferences for Monopulse Radar -- 7.1 Camouflaging Interference -- 7.1.1 Active Camouflaging Interference -- 7.1.2 Passive Camouflaging Interference -- 7.2 Active Misinforming Interference -- 7.3 Interference due to High-Altitude Nuclear Explosions:Electromagnetic Weapons -- References -- CHAPTER 8 Interference Immunity of Monopulse Radar -- 8.1 Interference Immunity Indicators -- 8.2 Criterion for Assessing the Stability of Automatic Target Tracking by Monopulse Radar in Real Time -- References -- CHAPTER 9 Modeling -- 9.1 Formation Procedure of the Direction-Finding Characteristic -- 9.2 The Initial Impacts Classification -- 9.3 Formation Method of Stochastic Orthogonal Processes -- References -- CHAPTER 10 Interference Detection Problem -- 10.1 Testing a Simple Hypothesis Against a Simple Alternative -- 10.2 Testing a Complex Hypothesis Against a Simple Alternative -- 10.3 Determination of Estimates of the Maximum Similarities -- 10.4 Interference Recognition Procedure -- 10.4.1 Estimation of the Required Range of a Hypersonic Target Detection by the Missile Homing Head when Firing over the Horizon -- 10.4.2 Recognition Procedure for Some Interference Types -- References -- CHAPTER 11 Assessment of an Anti-Aircraft Missile System Operation in Interference Conditions -- 11.1 Assessment Probability of Target Defeat by One Missile -- 11.2 Radomes and Estimation of the Active Seeker Operating Wavelength -- 11.3 Operation of an Active Homing Head on a Group of Targets-Self-Cover Jammers -- 11.4 Probability a Target is Defeated by One Missile -- 11.5 Operating Principles of a Modern Anti-Aircraft Missile System on a Group Target -- 11.5.1 The Work of an Active Homing Head on a Group of Targets: Self-Cover Jammers.

11.6 Operation of the Active Homing Head When Auto-Tracking a Low-Attitude Clean Target and Using an Antipode Jammer -- 11.6.1 Signal Processing and Decision Rules -- 11.6.2 Operation of the Active Seeker on the Clean Target, Which Creates a Mirror Image from the Earth's (Water's) Surface -- 11.6.3 The Work of the Active Seeker on a Target, that Creates Interference such as Antipode -- References -- CHAPTER 12 Synthesis of Solutions on Improving Interference Immunity Against the Impact of Polarization Interference -- 12.1 Calculation of Direction-Finding Characteristics -- 12.2 Assessing Accuracy of an Angular Auto-Tracking System of the Target under Conditions of Polarization Interfe -- 12.3 Stability of Target Auto-Tracking in Conditions of Polarization Interference -- 12.4 The Decision Synthesis, Providing Auto-Tracking Stability of the Polarization Interference Source -- 12.5 Evaluation of the Stability of an Angular Auto-Tracking System of a Target Under Conditions of Polarization Interference -- 12.6 Proposals to Improve the Interference Immunity of a Monopulse Direction Finder to the Effects of Polarization Interference -- 12.6.1 Operation of Prototype Mode: 1A -- 12.6.2 Operation in Mode of the Proposed Decision: 1B -- 12.6.3 Operation of Prototype Mode: 2A -- 12.6.4 Operation in Mode of the Proposed Decision: 2B -- 12.7 The Interference Immunity Indicator -- 12.8 Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 13 Solutions Synthesis to Increase the Noise Immunity of an Active Homing Head -- 13.1 Interference Immunity of a Missile Homing Head from Interference Along the Sidelobes of its Directional Pattern -- 13.2 Operation Assessment of the Air Defense Missile System for High-Speed and Low-Altitude Targets Without Interferen -- 13.2.1 Methods for Overcoming the Defeat Zone of an Anti-Aircraft Missile System.

13.3 Solution Synthesis to Increase the Interference Immunity of an Active Homing Head During its Operation at Low-Altitude Targets and by a Group of Jammers -- 13.3.1 Options Analysis for Increasing the Accuracy and Formulation of the Synthesis Problem -- 13.3.2 Solution Synthesis -- 13.3.3 Solution for the Emitted Signal, Taking into Account the Limitations due to the Hardware Implementation of the Anti-Aircraft Missile System -- 13.3.4 Proposals for the Hardware Implementation of a Synthesized Solution in a Real Anti-Aircraft Missile System -- References -- CHAPTER 14 Determining Performance Limitationsof Existing Air Defense Systems for Intercepting Hypersonic Vehicles -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Field Scatter Pattern Calculation Mathematics -- 14.3 Evaluation of Interception Hypersonic Vehicles by Some Existing Air Defense Missile Systems -- 14.4 Calculation Results -- 14.5 Conclusion -- References -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- About the Author -- Index.