Central research project report on superconductivity (FY 1988). Part 2. Magnetic-field gradiometer tank seeker. Final report, Sep 88-Sep 89
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5459547
A feasibility study is described herein for the use of a magnetic field gradiometer SQUID sensor, as a tank seeker and guidance system. It was determined that an antitank missile could be guided by a gradiometer to the target if delivered into a 300-meter bucket with the tank at the center. Problems of ambiguity, multiple targets and decoys, both deliberate and accidental, are discussed with numerical examples.
- Research Organization:
- Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5459547
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-234901/7/XAB; IDA-P--2312
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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