Title :
Tracking and identification of distant missiles by remote sounding
Author :
Draper, James Stark ; Perlman, Sumner ; Chuang, C.K. ; Hanson, Matt ; Lillard, Larry ; Hibbeln, Brian ; Sene, Darren
Author_Institution :
KTAADN Inc., Newton, MA, USA
Abstract :
Military operations require early warning and identification of theater ballistic missiles (TBM) while they are yet at low altitude. TBMs can operate in vast areas denied to current radar and IR surveillance systems. A form of single sensor or monocular passive ranging (MPR) may make possible TBM tracking in the lower atmosphere from space with simplified, less costly systems utilizing fewer sensors. MPR, a multi-band IR process exploiting atmospheric differential spectral attenuation, has been initially verified by airborne and overhead data. A method, using MPR and trajectory estimation procedures, is described that extracts three dimensional (3D) TBM trajectories
Keywords :
identification; missiles; remote sensing; target tracking; atmospheric differential spectral attenuation; early warning; identification; military operation; monocular passive ranging; multi-band IR process; remote sounding; single sensor; theater ballistic missile; three-dimensional trajectory estimation; tracking; Acoustic sensors; Arm; Atmosphere; Data mining; Laser radar; Missiles; Radar measurements; Radar tracking; Sensor systems; Surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Snowmass at Aspen, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5425-7
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.1999.792101
