Abstract. Laser-assisted weapons, such as laser-guided bombs, laser-guided missiles and laser
beamriding missiles pose a significant threat to military assets in
the modern battlefield. Laser beamriding missiles are particularly hard to
detect because they use low power lasers. They are even
harder to defeat because current countermeasures are not designed to
work against this threat [1]. The aim of this project
is to examine the vulnerability of laser warning systems to
guided weapons, to build an evaluation tool for laser warning
receivers (LWRs) and seekers, and try to find suitable countermeasures
for laser beamriding missiles that use low power lasers in
their guidance systems. The project comes about because of the
unexpected results obtained from extensive field trails carried out on
various LWRs in the United Arab Emirates desert, where severe
weather conditions may be experienced. In order to approach the
subject, a computer model has been developed to enable the
assessment of all phases of a laser warning receiver and
missile seeker. MATLAB & SIMULINK software have been used to
build the model. During this process experimentation and field trials
have been carried out to verify the reliability of the
model. This project enables both the evaluation and design of
any generic laser warning receiver or missile seeker and specific
systems if various parameters are known. Moreover, this model will
be used as a guide to the development of reliable
countermeasures for laser beamriding missiles. This paper (Part I of
a four-part series of papers) outlines the theory required to
construct a computer model for a laser beamriding missile engagement.
Related topics:
Lasers, Guided weapons, surveillance and target acquisition
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