Patent ID: 7886646

Claim:
A protective system apparatus for the protection of ships against terminal phase-guided missiles comprising a target data analysis system, comprising: at least one computer; sensors for detecting terminal homing phase-guided missiles having a target data analysis system for discriminating between genuine and spurious target, that approach a ship to be protected; sensors for detecting the direction of approach, distance, and velocity of the missiles; wind measuring sensors for wind speed and direction of wind; motion and/or navigation sensors for detecting the ship's own data including at least one of travelling speed, direction of travel, rolling and pitching motions; at least one fire control calculator, wherein the fire control calculator and the computer form a unit; and wherein the fire control calculator communicates with the sensors via data interfaces; at least one decoy launcher arranged on the ship and in a dirigible each being equipped with decoy ammunitions, wherein the computer includes a database in which appropriate decoy patterns for respective missile types and respective attack structures are stored, which generate, in dependence on the identified missile and the attack structure, a particular decoy pattern so as to effectively protect a ship against the identified threat, and wherein the at least one decoy launcher includes the following components: a launching platform as a carrier of single decoy ammunitions; electric launcher which fires the single decoy ammunitions in randomly adjustable temporal intervals, an elevational drive for movement in height of the launching platform, an azimuthal drive for sideways movement of the launching platform, a base platform for receiving the drives, shock absorbers at the base platform for attenuating rapid ship movements particularly brought about by mine detonation shocks; STEALTH trimmings for reducing the ship's signature in the RF and IR ranges; an interface which transmits a delay time of the decoy ammunition(s) from launch to activation of an effective charge immediately prior to launch from the at least one decoy launcher to the decoy ammunition(s), having the form of an electric plug-in connection or of an inductive connection via two corresponding coils.