MISSILE Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC F42B15/00 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the class of medium-range and long-range guided "air-air" missiles and may also be used for making high-altitude air defense missiles. The inventive missile comprises an airframe, a guidance system having an inertial control system, a receiving unit of the radio correction channel and a homing head, a payload and a propulsion unit comprising a first pulse solid-propellant engine and a second pulse engine. The missile also contains ignition units of the first and second pulse engines. Furthermore, the second pulse engine contains a solid propellant charge as well and the combustion chamber of the second pulse engine is arranged in tandem with one of the first pulse engine, whereby the double-pulse propulsion unit is provided with a common exit port arranged at the combustion chamber of the first pulse engine, and the guidance system is additionnaly equipped with a unit for determining the moment of ignition of the second pulse engine and a correction unit for determining a missile velocity increment due to the second pulse engine operation. Furthermore, the inlets of the correction unit and two inlets of the unit for determining the moment of ignition of the second pulse engine are connected to the outlets of the inertial control system, and the outlet of the correction unit is connected to the third inlet of the unit for determining the moment of ignition of the second pulse engine, the outlet of the later unit being connected to the ignition unit of the second pulse engine.

EFFECT: improving maneuverability of the missile for attacking high-altitude targets.

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