Claims
- 1. A missile system for guiding a missile to a predetermined target comprising a launcher for launching a missile in a predetermined trajectory from the launcher to the target and in which said missile is rotating, said missile having polarized reflector means thereon and detector receiver means interconnected to side thrusters on the missile for correcting the course of the missile; a tracker for tracking said missile and including radar transmitter means for transmitting electromagnetic rays to said polarized reflector means and said detector receiver means and further including return detector means for detecting polarized reflections from said polarized reflector means; and a command computer means interconnected to said launcher and said tracker for control thereof, said command computer means having a predetermined trajectory from the launcher to the target programmed therein, said command computer means receiving information from said tracker and said return detector means and comparing said received information with said predetermined trajectory to cause error signals to be transmitted as correction coded signals from said radar transmitter means to said detector receiver means to cause appropriate ones of said side thrusters to be actuated and cause the missile to be directed into a new trajectory relative to the target.
- 2. A missile system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said radar transmitter means includes a laser radar, and said polarized reflector means includes a corner cube reflector with a polarizer at the face thereof.
- 3. A missile system as set forth in claim 2, wherein said return detector means includes a P-I-N spot detector with four quadrants.
- 4. A missile system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said radar transmitter means includes a microwave radar transmitter, and said detector receiver means includes a linear polarized microwave reflector.
- 5. A missile system as set forth in claim 4, wherein said return detector means includes two channels whose polarization is orthogonal to each other.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of applicants' copending application Ser. No. 514,697, filed Oct. 15, 1974, and now U.S. Pat. No. 3,995,792.
DEDICATORY CLAUSE
The invention described herein may be manufactured, used, and licensed by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment to us of any royalties thereon.
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