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AKA: Physik und Abrüstung

AKA 1: Raketenabwehr

AKA 1.1: Hauptvortrag

Donnerstag, 25. März 2004, 11:00–12:00, HS 118

Approach and Findings of the APS Boost-Phase Missile Defense Study — •Frederick K. Lamb — APS Boost-Phase Missile Defense Study Group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Boost-phase intercept weapons would seek to disable attacking missiles by hitting them with an interceptor rocket or laser beam while their boosters are burning. The APS Study focused on systems that would utilize land-, sea-, air-, or space-based interceptor rockets or the Airborne Laser to defend the United States against long-range ballistic missiles. The Study first identified systems that could work in principle and then analyzed the performance of the components and the overall system that would be required to defend against missiles that might be developed or acquired by countries of concern during the next 10 to 15 years. The Study evaluated the capabilities of existing and possible future missile warning and tracking sensors and developed computer models of long-range missiles and high-performance interceptors. The Study considered several attack scenarios and analyzed the system architectures and interceptor performance that would be required to defend against them. The Study also analyzed the kill vehicle performance that would be needed to hit long-range missiles during their boost-phase, when their acceleration is inherently unpredictable. The Study’s findings will be summarized.