Patent ID: 8371201
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: F41G,F41H,F42B

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing the efficiency of destroying selected objects in a target cloud produced by an incoming missile, comprising the steps of: detecting the presence and location of objects in a target cloud; illuminating selected objects in the target cloud with coded laser radiation, a selected code being assigned for a selected object; launching multiple kill vehicles from a carrier vehicle towards the target cloud each along a line-of-sight to a selected object based on returned coded laser radiation, whereby different objects in the cloud can be selectively targeted with at least one dedicated kill vehicle, detecting when a first kill vehicle is on the way to killing a first selected object by providing the first kill vehicle with retro reflectors for ascertaining the position in space of the first kill vehicle; retargeting said first kill vehicle to a different selected object by altering its original flight path via a midflight correction to a first selected object to another selected object upon confirmation that another kill vehicle is on the way to killing said first selected object.