Missile system and method of missile guidance
AssigneeShort Brothers PLC
InventorRichard Sutton Ransom
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Abstract
A missile system and a method of missile guidance in which a bus missile is launched from a launch station remote from a target with the bus missile carrying a plurality of sub-missiles. The sub-missiles are then launched from the bus missile during flight of the bus missile. The sub-missiles are arranged to deploy ahead of the bus missile and are guided to the target under the control of a guidance beam generated in and transmitted from the bus missile.
Claims27
A missile system comprising a bus missile, bus missile guidance means for guiding the bus missile toward a target from a launch station remote from the target, a plurality of sub-missiles carried by the bus missile, sub-missile launch means to launch the sub-missiles from the bus missile during flight of the bus missile whereby they deploy ahead of the bus missile and a sub-missile guidance beam generating means within the bus missile for generating and transmitting a sub-missile guidance beam to guide the sub-missiles to the target.
A method of missile guidance comprising the steps of launching a bus missile from a launch station remote from a target with the bus missile carrying a plurality of sub-missiles, launching the sub-missiles from the bus missile during flight of the bus missile whereby the sub-missiles deploy ahead of the bus missile and guiding the sub-missiles to the target under the control of a guidance beam generated in and transmitted from the bus missile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.