Defending against ballistic missile attacks
This book is a compendium of information on the proliferation of ballistic missiles and other defense issues. This volume describes recent SDI advances in crystal clear language. It explains how the marriage of ultra-compact electronics and rocketry has created the smart bullet or brilliant pebble--a projectile with a tiny but powerful compute brain. The brilliant pebble tracks it target by sensing the heat the target emits, as a snake does when tracking a small mammal. Then, guided by its miniaturized computer brain, the brilliant pebble steers itself into the target and destroys it by force of the impact. In this latest form, the brilliant pebble even has the ability to take sightings on the stars, setting its course by celestial navigation.
- OSTI ID:
- 5626430
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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& National Defense-- Strategic Defense Initiative-- (1990-)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DESIGN
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
NATIONAL DEFENSE
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS
ON-LINE SYSTEMS
PROJECTILES
ROCKETS
TARGETS
WEAPONS