missile guidance
Projectile navigation system
Missile guidance refers to the systems and methods that direct a missile toward its target.
Guidance may be programmed before launch, controlled remotely, or autonomous—using radar, infrared, GPS, or inertial navigation.
The missile's guidance system locked onto the heat signature of the aircraft.
Modern missiles often combine multiple guidance types for different phases of flight.
- radar systemsEquipment detecting objects via radio waves
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- gyroscopesSpinning axis-orientation devices
- homingSteering toward a target
- infrared sensorsDevices detecting thermal radiation
accelerometers · trajectory · course correction · seeker · lock on · actuators · servo motors · fire-and-forget · midcourse · terminal · kill zone · autopilot · tracking · target acquisition · signal processing · onboard computers · smart bomb · drones
- critical systemsavionics, flight control, pacemakers, life support, nuclear reactors
- military computersfire control, ENIAC, Colossus, targeting computer, flight computer
- Military Sensorssensor, early warning radar, infrared sensor, thermal imager, night vision
- military avionicsavionics, radar systems, electronic warfare, navigation systems, flight controls
- military electronicsradar warning, electronic warfare, fire control, targeting system, targeting systems
- military mathballistics, cryptography, trajectory, targeting, fire control
missile guidancefree-fall
Unimpeded downward acceleration
ballistic trajectory · dumb bomb · gravity bomb · artillery shell · mortar fire
missile guidancecarpet bombing
Widespread aerial bombardment
saturation bombing · blind fire · suppressive fire · spray and pray · volley fire
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