Research on the Capability of Infrared Early Warning Aircraft to Detect Midcourse Warhead of Ballistic Missile
In order to give full play to the maneuverability of early warning aircraft and expand the level of ballistic missile de-fense,the capability of infrared early warning aircraft to detect midcourse warhead of ballistic missile is studied in this paper.The in-frared radiation characteristics and infrared background of midcourse warhead are analyzed from the perspective of the influence fac-tors of the infrared detector's range.The atmospheric transmittance changes with the observed zenith angle are analyzed by means of the atmospheric transmission software MODTRAN,and then the maximum range model of airborne infrared detector on midcourse warhead is established.Combined with the motion characteristics of ballistic missile,the constraints of earth curvature,the linear distance between the early warning aircraft and the target and other conditions on the detection capability are analyzed.Taking the missile with a range of 2500km as an example,the detection capability of the early warning aircraft on the midcourse warhead under different deployment positions is simulated and analyzed.The conclusions can provide reference for the deployment of early warning forces in ballistic missile defense operations.
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