System and method for scoring supersonic aerial projectiles

A computer-based process for scoring supersonic aerial projectiles by measuring the acoustic shock waves propagated by the aerial projectiles the process comprising:

• i) receiving by at least six independently operable transducers the acoustic shock waves propagated by supersonic aerial projectiles directed at a strafe target;
• vi) transmitting signals generated by said transducers in response to the acoustic shock waves to at least one general-purpose digital computer;
• vii) iteratively computing by use of said computer scoring data for the supersonic aerial projectiles;
• viii) iteratively comparing by use of said computer said scoring data with target data from the strafe target;
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• ix) processing by use of said computer said scoring data and the target data.

A computer-based system for scoring supersonic aerial projectiles by measuring the acoustic shock waves propagated by the aerial projectiles, the system comprising:

• i) receiving means for detecting the acoustic shock waves propagated by supersonic aerial projectiles directed at a strafe target, wherein said receiving means comprises an array of at least six transducers disposed proximate to the strafe target and independent operable to transmit signals in response to the acoustic shock waves;
• iv) transmitting means for transmitting signals generated in response to the acoustic shock waves, the signals being transmitted to at least one general-purpose digital computer;
• iv) computing means implemented by said computer for computing scoring data for the supersonic aerial projectiles and for comparing said scoring data with target data from the strafe target;
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• iv) processing means for indicating said scoring data and the target data.