Hit-to-kill
Hit-To-Kill (also Shoot-To-Kill ) refers to a method of intercepting enemy missiles with a direct hit . The effect in the target is based exclusively on the kinetic energy from the relative speed of the missiles to one another.
Conventional guided missiles have a warhead that is ignited upon direct impact or when approaching the target . The explosive effect and the resulting fragments are intended to destroy the enemy missile.
Guided missiles based on the hit-to-kill principle, on the other hand, only have an additional warhead to protect against just missing the target. The actual destructive effect is based exclusively on the high kinetic energy that is released on impact. The advantage of this method is a more reliable destruction of the target and that the interceptor weapon can be smaller due to the lack of a warhead. However, the technological challenges to achieve such a direct hit are significantly higher. Proportional navigation methods are used to approach the destination . An INS supplies the controller with navigation data. The target can either consist of external aids (e.g. ground-based fire control radar on Arrow 3 ), on-board searchers (e.g. IR or active radar searchers) or a combination.
Individual evidence
- ↑ GlobalSecurity.org: Kinetic Energy Hit-To-Kill Warhead. Retrieved February 26, 2013 .
- ↑ Wired: Shoot To Kill. Retrieved February 26, 2013 .