Verification of desired target illumination in the presence of clutter for laser-designated applications

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out for categorizing authenticity of a laser seeker target, the process comprising:

• obtain a set of measured pulse repetition intervals (PRIs) associated with acquired laser pulses;
• categorize a current volatility status of the laser seeker target, wherein the current volatility status indicates a respective volatility category of a set of volatility categories, and wherein the current volatility status is based on a volatility index and a volatility counter, the volatility index indicating a variance of the set of measured PRIs, and the volatility counter indicating a number of the acquired laser pulses;
• increase a respective category counter of a set of category counters, wherein the set of category counters corresponds to the set of volatility categories and the respective category counter counts occurrences of the respective volatility category;
• categorize the authenticity of the laser seeker target based on the set of category counters;
• and
• convey target information to one or more assets, based on the categorized authenticity of the laser seeker target.

A laser seeker system configured to categorize authenticity of a laser seeker target, the laser seeker system comprising:

• a selected pulse evaluator configured to:
• obtain a set of measured pulse repetition intervals (PRIs) associated with laser pulses acquired by a laser pulse detector and/or a laser pulse selector;
• categorize a current volatility status of the laser seeker target, wherein the current volatility status indicates a respective volatility category of a set of volatility categories, and wherein the current volatility status is based on a volatility index and a volatility counter, the volatility index indicating a variance of the set of measured PRIs, and the volatility counter indicating a number of the acquired laser pulses;
• increase a respective category counter of a set of category counters, wherein the set of category counters corresponds to the set of volatility categories and the respective category counter counts occurrences of the respective volatility category;
• categorize the authenticity of the laser seeker target based on the set of category counters;
• and
• issue a command to engage the laser seeker target, based on the categorized authenticity of the laser seeker target.