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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gunther Sepp, Ottobrunn, DE;
Rudolf Protz, Hohenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G / ; F41G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244-313 ; 244-311 ; 244-316 ; 89-111 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for self-defense of aircraft against missiles and provides for a combination of a proximity sensor for the enemy missile, an intercepting rocket, and an aimed light beam, with the light beam optionally being used alone as an optical jammer against an optical homing head on the missile, or being used together with the intercepting rocket to steer it optically by either a semi-active or a beam rider steering method.