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MISSILE TRACKING [20 records]

Record 1 2025-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

After the incoming target aircraft has approached within attacking distance, the target was handed off to the HIPIR for final tracking. Upon launch of the Hawk missile, the target was illuminated by the HIPIR. The reflected radar signal is the homing signal for the launched missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Demolition (Military)
CONT

When the missile is being tracked, the missile tracking radar provides the computer with the missile present position information needed for the computer to determine the predicted kill point. The missile tracking radar continues to supply the computer with missile present position information and transmits the commands from the computer necessary to guide the missile to the kill point and cause warhead detonation.

OBS

predicted kill point; PKP: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Destruction (Militaire)
OBS

point d'impact prévu : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Air Defence
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

In air defence, a notification of a target’s direction, range and tentative identification.

OBS

A cue decreases the required reaction time of air defence systems by permitting the gun or missile tracking system to be set on the bearing to the target.

OBS

cue: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Défense aérienne
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Dans le contexte de la défense aérienne, notification de la direction, de la distance et de l'identification provisoire de la cible.

OBS

La désignation approximative des cibles diminue le temps de réaction nécessaire des systèmes de défense aérienne en permettant d'orienter le système de poursuite des pièces ou des missiles sur le gisement de la cible.

OBS

désignation approximative des cibles : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

... missile guidance is almost impossible without proper target tracking.

PHR

real-time target tracking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Processus d'observation des changements successifs de position d'une cible pour obtenir son déplacement.

PHR

poursuite de cibles en temps réel

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The command and control, battle management and communications(C2BMC) system is a software package used by the Missile Defense Agency(MDA) and combatant commands to support and integrate ballistic missile defense systems. C2BMC is responsible for integrating individual BMDS(ballistic missile defense system) components to create a global, networked, and layered missile defense apparatus capable of identifying, tracking, and intercepting ballistic missile threats in all phases of flight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

New differential tracking techniques allow the Seawolf missile to be command guided to a high-precision intercept even against the smallest manoeuvring target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The firing section is based upon the fire control centre(including the tracking and illumination radar and the control unit) and the missile launchers, each with 6 read fire missiles.

Key term(s)
  • fire control center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

La section de tir comprend un centre de conduite de tir (avec notamment les radars de poursuite et d'illumination et l'unité de conduite) ainsi que les lanceurs équipés chacun de six missiles prêts à tirer.

OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

AIM-9X is a launch and leave, air combat missile that uses passive infrared(IR) energy for acquisition and tracking, which can be employed in the near beyond visual range(NBVR) and within visual range(WVR) arenas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

AIM-9X is a launch and leave, air combat missile that uses passive infrared(IR) energy for acquisition and tracking, which can be employed in the near beyond visual range(NBVR) and within visual range(WVR) arenas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
  • Spacecraft
OBS

Mission : Space surveillance is a critical part of USSPACECOM's mission and involves detecting, tracking, cataloging and identifying man-made objects orbiting Earth, i. e. active/inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or fragmentation debris. Space surveillance accomplishes the following : Predict when and where a decaying space object will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere; Prevent a returning space object, which to radar looks like a missile, from triggering a false alarm in missile-attack warning sensors of the U. S. and other countries; Chart the present position of space objects and plot their anticipated orbital paths; Detect new man-made objects in space; Produce a running catalog of man-made space objects; Determine which country owns a re-entering space object; Inform NASA whether or not objects may interfere with the space shuttle and Russian Mir space station orbits.

Key term(s)
  • United States Space Surveillance System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

Depuis plusieurs décennies, les États-Unis disposent d'un réseau de surveillance spatiale (Space Surveillance Network (SSN), contrôlé par le United States Space Command) qui leur permet de repérer, de suivre, de cataloguer et d'identifier tous les objets de plus de 10 cm qui se trouvent en orbite terrestre, en s'intéressant plus particulièrement aux satellites opérationnels.

Key term(s)
  • Réseau de Surveillance spatiale
  • Réseau de Surveillance spatiale des États-Unis

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
DEF

Space based infrared satellite system used for mid-course tracking of ballistic missiles.

CONT

As a low-Earth orbit satellite constellation, SBIRS Low satellites will perform the precision mid-course tracking which is critical to effective ballistic missile defence.

Key term(s)
  • Space Based Infrared System-Low
  • Space-Based Infrared System Low
  • Space-Based Infrared System-Low

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
CONT

Les SBIRS Low se chargeront de la poursuite à mi-course et de la discrimination conjointement avec les radars d'alerte avancée basés au sol utilisés actuellement par les États-Unis.

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

The missile was roll-stabilized so that the computer could know the complete orientation of the missile in space.... a transponder was found necessary to assure firm radar tracking through the boost and turn-over phase of the trajectory and at extreme ranges where skin tracking would provide only a marginal signal.

Key term(s)
  • turnover phase

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

ACMRI has four basic sub-systems. First is a sidewinder-shaped external pod which attaches to the aircraft's missile mounting rack and contains instrumentation independent of the aircraft's own systems to measure altitude, airspeed, Mach number, angle of attack and sideslip, plus a compact inertial sensor which measures pitch, roll, heading and acceleration/deceleration. The instrumentation package... also contains a transponder-like radio link which transmits all this information down on command from the second sub-system, the ground tracking station network... the third sub-system-the Control and Computation facility... precise aircraft position determination, and data formatting prior to reaching the fourth... sub-system... the Display and Debriefing Sub-system.

Key term(s)
  • air combat maneuvering range instrumentation
  • air combat manoeuvring range instrumentation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)

Spanish

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Record 14 1989-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
OBS

The U.S. Air Force’s phased-array radar warning system.

OBS

It provides detection, tracking and early warning of missile targets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

Un radar de détection spatiale.

Spanish

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Record 15 1988-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Modern "nose radars" have a large, and ever-growing, range of assignments, encompassing all-weather navigation, surveillance, target detection and tracking, weapon aiming and missile guidance and many more besides, all backed in many cases by a variety of display systems,....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Les radars "de nez" modernes ont une vaste gamme de fonctions, toujours croissante, qui comprend la navigation tout-temps, la veille, la détection et la poursuite des objectifs, le pointage des armes et le guidage des missiles, pour ne mentionner que les plus importantes.

Spanish

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Record 16 1981-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

[The TOW missile] sight provides a tracking accuracy of 0. 07 milliradians and two fields of view : a 30 ° wide field(...) and a 4. 6 ° narrow field(...) for tracking and attack(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Le viseur, dont la précision de poursuite est de 0.07 milliradian, possède deux champs de vision.

Spanish

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Record 17 1978-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
OBS

Although missile seeker usually refers to the infra-red tracking head on a missile, a search radar used to detect missiles is sometimes called a missile seeker.

OBS

Information obtained from DEW, and DEEM-4, NDHQ.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

veille anti-missile.

Spanish

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Record 18 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
OBS

missile tracking ship

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

FEI, G.A. 3/3/70

Spanish

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Record 19 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
OBS

missile tracking ship

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

TOTEM FEI G.A.3/3/70

Spanish

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Record 20 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
OBS

missile tracking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

(Le monde, 26 septembre 1974)

Spanish

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