METHOD FOR FIRING OF GUIDED MISSILE WITH LASER SEMI- ACTIVE HOMING HEAD Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: armament, in particular, artillery guided missiles with a laser semi-active homing head locking on n illuminated target in the terminal trajectory leg; the invention is designed for control of fire of mortars and barrel artillery of calibers, types 120, 122, 152, 155 mm, at firing of guided ammunition, as well as of guided missiles with a homing head.

SUBSTANCE: the method consists in the following: the target is detected by a target indicator, then the distances between the target indicator and the target and the firing position and the target are measured with a topographical survey of the target, target indicator and the firing position, computation and realization of the firing settings according to the target and firing position coordinates. Then, missile guidance to the target is performed, it includes a successive gun setting and turn of the missile on target illuminated after the shot by laser radiation of the target indicator, the topographical target survey and conversion of its coordinates to a sequence of binary codes is accomplished with the aid of a reconnaissance panel, and the computation of gun settings is performed with the id of a gun control panel. A common computer time is organized in the reconnaissance panel and in the gun control panel, and after the shot up to the actuation of the target indicator transmission of the value of the time of switching of target indicator laser radiation is performed from the gun control panel to the reconnaissance panel by means of digital radio communication, and the signal of switching of target illuminance is automatically transmitted from the reconnaissance panel to the target indicator at achievement of the time of switching.

EFFECT: enhanced accuracy of fire by a guided missile at a target illuminated by a laser beam due to reduced quantity of "hand" operations and enhanced accuracy of synchronization of the moment of target illumination with the time of the shot; the last property is especially important for destruction of moving targets.

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