Vehicle based threat launch detection using long wave infrared cameras

A computer program product including one or more non-transitory machine-readable mediums encoded with instructions encoded thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out for automated launch detection and tracking, the instructions comprising:

• capture, via at least one detector, a sequence of image frames that depict a region of interest (ROI);
• process the sequence of image frames with an anomalous clutter tracker (ACT) pipeline, to detect at least one launch in the sequence of image frames;
• apply a machine learning technique to the sequence of image frames to classify the at least one launch therein;
• generate at least one frame detection list containing data about the at least one launch;
• and
• apply at least one clutter tracker filter to the at least one frame detection list to generate a detection list including the at least one launch, wherein the at least one launch is detected in response to a detection in a video of the ROI, and causing the at least one launch to be detected.