Background issues for defensive interceptors
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6218656
Mean nuclear backgrounds are large, but are arguably amenable to frame-to-frame subtraction. Striated backgrounds on the sensors for defensive interceptors could, however, cause clutter leak-through, which could make detection and track difficult. Nominal motions and backgrounds give signal to clutter ratios too low to be useful. Clutter leakage due to line-of-sight drift can be reduced by stabilizing the line of sight around the background clutter itself. Current interceptors have detector arrays large enough for operation independent of nuclear backgrounds in their fields of view. 6 refs., 2 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/AD; DOE/DP
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6218656
- Report Number(s):
- LA-12013-MS; ON: DE91009219
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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