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HOMING WEAPON [5 records]

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Record 1 2007-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

It is perhaps only natural that this vastly superior weapon, which provides not only more range, but inertial mid-course guidance and active radar terminal homing, should be used as the basis for a new medium/long-range surface-to-air missile.

Key term(s)
  • inertial midcourse guidance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Dans la catégorie air-air, le Sparrow est en voie de remplacement (au moins dans l'US Air Force) par le Hughes/Raytheon AIM-120 (Amraam) nettement plus performant: portée accrue, guidage inertiel sur trajectoire et autodirecteur à radar actif en phase terminale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
OBS

homing weapon : term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Armes de haute technicité
OBS

arme autoguidée : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A system of homing guidance wherein both the source for illuminating the target and the receiver for detecting the energy reflected from the target(as the result of illuminating the target) are carried within the weapon system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Système de guidage dans lequel et la source d'éclairage de l'objectif et le récepteur détectant l'énergie réfléchie par cet objectif sont incorporés au système d'arme.

OBS

système de guidage actif : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
CONT

In the 1984 Homing Overlay Experiment or HOE, the Army fired an earth-based interceptor at a mock warhead, destroying it with a weapon reminiscent of Bambi. The interceptor had been launched from a fixed ABM test range, as permitted by the ABM treaty

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
DEF

Expérience d'interception au-dessus de la couche atmosphérique.

OBS

un projet du ministère de la Défense des États-Unis relatif à la guerre des étoiles.

Spanish

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