Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh

Rheinmental Waffe Muntion Gmbh

Plath Gmbh

Heinz Bannasch

Martin Fegg

Rainer Gaisbauer

Vikorn Kadavanich

Rudolf Salzeder

Johannes Maltan

Wolfgang Kittl

Christian Wallner

Lothar Deecke

Viktor Schatz

The invention proposes to provide distraction spoofing even on modern infrared, radar and dual-mode guided missiles () by production of a decoy chain (). The chain () is formed by a plurality of apparent targets which are switched successively, for example by firing of individual chaff submunitions (-). The deployment takes place before or during the search phase of the missile and can in this case, for example, be carried out using the reverse walk-off principle or at the same time simultaneously or successively and in the form of a pattern. This ensures that the decoys (-) act initially in the greatest selected range zone away from the target (). The spoofing chain () created in this way results in the missile () having to carry out a series of time-consuming analysis processes on its way to the target ().

Method and apparatus for spoofing of infrared, radar and dual-mode guided missiles

A protection system () is proposed which comprises a storage container (), a transport unit (), an activation unit (), an ejection unit (), a monitoring/control unit () and a user unit/interface (), as well as at least one effect body (). This system () is integrated at the front in a flying carrier (), and a modular system (), with the object of positioning spoof measures in a defined manner, in this case by means of the effect body (). The various effect bodies () are preferably activated and initiated in a controlled manner without any physical contact, in the same way as pneumatic or mechanical ejection of these effect bodies (). The effect bodies () are packets without any munitions, and are responsible for the actual effect of the system () outside the carrier ().

System for protection in particular of large flying platforms against infrared and/or radar-guided threats

The present invention concerns a method for protecting ships against terminal phase-guided missiles provided with a target data analysis system, as well as an apparatus for implementing the method, wherein the missile moving in a direction towards the ship to be protected is detected by suitable sensors, located, and its expected trajectory is calculated by a computer; the type of target data analysis performed by the missile and its attack structure is detected by suitable sensors, and the missile is classified with regard to the type of its target data analysis; the current wind speed and direction of wind is continuously detected by wind measuring sensors; the ship's own data: travelling speed, direction of travel, rolling and pitching motions, is continuously detected by motion and/or navigation sensors; the detected sensor data is transmitted to a fire control calculator which controls at least one decoy launcher and generates, by taking into account all of the detected data, an effective decoy pattern that is adapted to missile and attack structure.

Method and apparatus for protecting ships against terminal phase-guided missiles

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Schönau, Germany

Heinz Bannasch