Guided Missiles

Guided Missile:

• ·       Unmanned Explosive device.
• ·       Combination of electrical, digital and mechanical parts.
• ·       Internal control monitors every function to assure the success of mission otherwise aborted.

    Mainly of two types

• ·       Strategic Missile: Like ICBM (Internal Continental Ballistic Missile), attacks target at long distances – thousands of miles.
• ·       Tactical Missile: Shorter distances like few to hundred miles.

               5 to 20 ft long

               Weigh - 20 to 2000 pounds

               Construction – Titanium Alloy

               Speed – Average 700 mph

               Cost – Tens to hundreds of thousands of Dollars

   Missiles Classification:

·       Ground to Ground – Tow

·       Ship to Ground – Cruise

·       Ground to Air – Stinger

·       Air to Ground – Apache

·       Ship to Air – Standard Missile

Parts and Functionality of Tactical Missile:

•        Radome

•        Housing made of ceramic material and located at the   front nose of the missile.

•        Non Metallic.

•        Guidance

•        A system that receives radio information from its launch controller -  a computer.

•        The Guidance system also transmits all missile functions back to its launch controller.

•        Warhead

•        A system containing missile internal homing radar.

•        explosive surrounded by thousands of serrated iron pieces or other destroying material.

•        Autopilot

•        A system that provides missile location, direction, velocity and "attitude".

•        Autopilot contains an antenna to receive and transmit information to its home controller.   It also contains a battery.

•        Dorsal Fins

•        The fins, along with the missile body, provide surfaces against which air exerts pressure.

•        change the direction and attitude of the missile.

•        Rocket Motor

•        A mixture of solid chemical fuels.   When ignited, the chemicals propel the missile from its launcher into space.

•        Steering Control

•        A system that electrically changes the Control Surfaces that change the missile motion.

•        It reacts to information sent to it by the Autopilot.

•        Control Surface

•        These are four "fins" that act against air resistance to change the direction of the missile.