Patent ID: 7741588
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: F41G,F42B,G05D

Abstract:
1. A method for varying the flight path of a missile, the missile having an outer wall and a longitudinal axis and an even number of mass elements being mounted within the missile, the method which comprises: providing at least one impulse device and arranging the impulse device with respect to the longitudinal axis of the missile such that an impulse originating from the impulse device initiates a tumbling movement causing a shortening or a variation of a flight path of the missile; deliberately activating the at least one impulse device at a defined time during a flight of the missile to initiate the tumbling movement and to thereby deliberately shorten or vary the flight path of the missile; deliberately moving an internal mass element in the missile for generating an impulse in the missile; and deliberately moving the mass elements during the flight of the missile to thereby produce a movement a center-of-gravity.