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Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Applications of Automation
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Drone attacks can be conducted by [unmanned combat aerial vehicles] dropping bombs, firing a missile, or crashing into a target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 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 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 2022-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A missile guided to its target by signals transmitted over wires attached to its guidance system.

OBS

As the missile flies, the wires are reeled out behind it …

Key term(s)
  • wireguided missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
CONT

El MILAN es un misil filodirigido perteneciente a la segunda generación, lo cual quiere decir que es guiado por hilo, por lo tanto el tirador tiene que tener centrado el objetivo en el retículo del visor hasta que este llegue a su blanco.

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Record 5 2021-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery
DEF

Artillery whose primary role is to assist with the defeat of the enemy using indirect fire.

OBS

Field artillery uses gun, rocket and missile systems as well as artillery surveillance and target acquisition systems to provide surface-to-surface fire support to the field force.

OBS

field artillery; fd arty: designations and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel; designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
DEF

Artillerie dont le rôle principal est d'aider à vaincre l'ennemi par tir indirect.

OBS

L'artillerie de campagne utilise des systèmes de canon, de roquette et de missile ainsi que des systèmes de surveillance et d'acquisition de cibles de l'artillerie pour fournir un appui-feu sol-sol à la force de campagne.

OBS

artillerie de campagne; artil C; artillerie sol-sol : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre; désignations uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

artillerie de campagne; artil C : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Artillería de campaña
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Record 6 2021-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

MIRV [multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle] technology combined with greater missile accuracy enables ballistic missiles to target hardened missile silos, airfields, submarine bases, and command centers.

OBS

hardened: Referring to a missile, missile site or silo that has been made exceptionally robust as a defensive measure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Si l'arsenal nucléaire était effectivement déployé et maintenu en état d'alerte élevé, il devrait être protégé, soit par la construction de silos durcis, soit par la création d'un système perfectionné de défense antimissile balistique associé à un système sophistiqué de détection lointaine.

Spanish

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Record 7 2021-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Military Strategy
CONT

Raytheon announced... that a modified AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air dogfight missile fired from an F-16 fighter sank a rapidly moving target boat during a... test in the Gulf of Mexico.

Key term(s)
  • dogfight missile
  • dog-fighting missile
  • air-to-air dog-fight missile
  • air-to-air dogfighting missile
  • air-to-air dog-fighting missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Stratégie militaire

Spanish

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Record 8 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 9 2020-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

If the ship is attacked, MASS [Multi-Ammunition Softkill System] fires decoy ammunition diverting the incoming missile from its intended target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces navales)
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 10 2020-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

[A] laser proximity fuze is a kind of active detecting system which has been [used to equip] both conventional and guided missile ammunitions. It uses a pulsed laser for detecting and ranging a target, accurately providing information about target angle and distance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 11 2020-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A system which evaluates flight information, correlates it with target data, determines the desired flight path of a missile and communicates the necessary commands to the missile flight control system.

OBS

missile guidance system: designation and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Système qui mesure les données concernant le vol d'un missile, les confronte aux éléments «but», détermine la trajectoire désirée pour le missile et transmet les ordres de vol nécessaires au système de commande des gouvernes.

OBS

système de guidage de missiles : désignation et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

OBS

système de guidage de missiles : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
DEF

Sistema que evalúa la información del vuelo en relación con los datos del objetivo, determina la trayectoria deseada y transmite las órdenes necesarias al sistema de control de vuelo del misil, para efectuar correcciones.

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Record 12 2019-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

Offensive throwing weapons were used both for hunting and warfare since the early days of mankind. As the name implies, long-range weapons served to launch a missile toward a target at some distance with the intention to hit, wound or knock out without hand-to-hand combat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

[... ] dans les années 1970, l'OTAN n'avait pas encore suffisamment développé son concept des opérations pour répondre aux tactiques des avions et des sous-marins soviétiques et de leurs armes à longue portée.

Spanish

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Record 13 2019-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

The missile is designed primarily to target enemy aircraft and missiles at a range of over a hundred miles depending on the variant and has some surface strike capability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)

Spanish

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Record 14 2018-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems (Air Forces)
DEF

[An] armament fitted to aircraft and used to engage air, ground and sea targets.

OBS

[Aircraft armament] can be subdivided into aircraft guns, aircraft missiles or aircraft missile systems, and bombs. These weapons are operated by a multi-purpose weapons-control system, a navigation and target acquisition system and an on-board computer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces aériennes)
DEF

[...] armement installé sur les aéronefs et destiné à la neutralisation des objectifs terrestres, aériens et maritimes.

CONT

[L'armement d'aéronef] comprend les canons d'avions, les missiles d'aéronefs et les bombes. La mise en œuvre des armes d'aéronef est assurée par un système de conduite multifonctions, un système de navigation et d'acquisition d'objectif ainsi que par un ordinateur de bord.

Spanish

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Record 15 2018-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

The course of the antitank guided missile may be altered during passage by means of a preset control, a built-in mechanism remotely controlled by radio, a target seeking radar device or a self-reacting radar.

OBS

anti-tank guided missile; ATGM: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

antitank guided missile; ATGM: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

missile antichar; MAC : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions et par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

missile guidé antichar; ATGM : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Key term(s)
  • missile guidé anti-char
  • missile anti-char

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
Key term(s)
  • misil contracarro dirigido
  • misil dirigido antitanque
  • misil dirigido contracarro
  • misil dirigido anticarro
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Record 16 2017-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

HMCS Ottawa achieved another milestone after successfully completing a layered missile engagement against a Hammerhead target while deployed on Poseidon Cutlass 17-1.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 17 2017-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
  • Radio Waves
  • Electronic Warfare
DEF

A type of DEW [directed-energy weapon] that uses RF [radio-frequency] energy to upset or damage the electronics of a target.

CONT

RF weapons are usually divided into two categories: high power microwave (HPM) weapons and ultrawideband (UWB) (or video pulse) weapons.

CONT

The primary distinction between RF weapons and more conventional EW systems is that RF weapons actually affect the electronics and not just the electronic environment, thereby causing temporary or permanent electronics failure that persists even after the RF beam has been turned off. RF weapons will mainly target receiver systems with in-band HPM [high-power microwave] radiation or computer systems with ultrawideband impulses.

CONT

In a radio-frequency weapon, electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths similar to that of radar is aimed at a target by means of an antenna. The principal effect would be to damage or destroy the electronic circuits of a missile.

Key term(s)
  • radio frequency weapon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Guerre électronique
Key term(s)
  • arme à radiofréquence
  • arme à radio-fréquence
  • arme à fréquence radioélectrique
  • arme à fréquences radio-électriques

Spanish

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Record 18 2015-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A missile warhead or confusion device that can be steered to its target by internal or external mechanisms.

OBS

manoeuvrable re-entry vehicle; MARV: term and abbreviation extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • manoeuvrable reentry vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Tête nucléaire d'un missile balistique capable de modifier de façon autonome sa trajectoire à la fin de la phase balistique ou pendant la phase de rentrée dans l'atmosphère, compliquant considérablement les paramètres d’une défense antimissile.

OBS

corps de rentrée manœuvrable; MARV : termes et abréviation tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
OBS

Ciertas cargas, las del tipo MARV, en vez de caer sobre el objetivo describiendo una trayectoria balística, lo hacen apartándose momentáneamente de ésta con objeto de desorientar a los medios de defensa enemigos, pero su invulnerabilidad se logra en este caso a costa de una pérdida de precisión.

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Record 19 2015-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

The guidance... of an aircraft, missile, aerospace vehicle, or spacecraft wherein the craft directs itself toward the target by means of electromagnetic waves or signals emitted by the target itself.

CONT

Passive homing requires that the target be a source of radiated energy.

CONT

One of the most common uses of passive homing is with air-to-air missiles that use heat-sensing devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Guidage automatique d'une fusée à l'aide d'un détecteur sensible aux signaux émis par une cible.

Spanish

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Record 20 2013-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

For example, autonomous guidance and all-weather capability jointly suggest an active radar system, but this means that the missile will attack the largest radar response that it perceives, and it will not necessarily aim for the most vulnerable part of the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 21 2012-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Target Acquisition
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

An airborne radar that searches for, acquires, and tracks a target to provide data needed for control of an air-to-air guided missile.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 22 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Communication (Public Relations)
CONT

The Rapier is a mobile anti-aircraft missile system, which uses several different means of technology to ensure a hit against any low-flying air targets. Eight missiles are ready to use on the launcher that can rotate 360 degrees to engage a target at any side.

OBS

means of technology: term usually used in the plural in this context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Communications (Relations publiques)
CONT

Les moyens technologiques choisis doivent être conformes aux objectifs identifiés et correspondre aux caractéristiques des documents qui sont l'objet du projet de numérisation.

OBS

moyens technologiques : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • moyen technologique

Spanish

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Record 23 2011-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A missile payload comprising two or more warheads that engage the same target.

OBS

multiple re-entry vehicle; MRV: term and abbreviation extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
CONT

Ciertos misiles IRBM [misil balístico de mediano alcance] e ICBM [misil balístico intercontinental] solo llevan una carga nuclear en su ojiva pero son cada vez más numerosos los portadores de una carga múltiple cuyos componentes se separan antes de llegar al suelo. En los del tipo MRV, las cargas nucleares se dispersan y alcanzan el suelo, al azar en torno del centro visado.

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Record 24 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Air Communications (Air Forces)
OBS

The NMD [National Missile Defense] In-Flight Interceptor Communications System(IFICS) is a subelement of the BMC3 [Battle Management, Command, Control and Communications] element and would be geographically distributed ground stations that provide communications links to the GBI [ground-based interceptor] for in-flight target and status information between the GBI and the BMC2 [Battle Management, Command and Control].

Key term(s)
  • In-Flight Interceptor Communication System
  • In Flight Interceptor Communications System
  • In Flight Interceptor Communication System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Communications aériennes (Forces aériennes)
OBS

Il s'agit d'un élément du système BM/C3 [Battle Management, Command, Control and Communications] dont la fonction est de servir d'intermédiaire entre le BM/C3 et les GBI [intercepteurs basés au sol].

OBS

Système de communications de l'intercepteur en vol : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Key term(s)
  • Système de communication de l'intercepteur en vol

Spanish

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Record 25 2010-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Space Weapons
DEF

A constellation of satellites containing multi-megawatt lasers capable of propagating a beam through a large telescope to a target for boost-phase missile intercept and other missions.

CONT

A space-based laser system could provide global, around the clock, near instantaneous ballistic missile defense.

Key term(s)
  • space based laser system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers
  • Armes orbitales

Spanish

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Record 26 2010-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Operations (Air Forces)
OBS

The integrating hardware, software, and organizational structure which will allow the various elements of National Missile Defense to work together as a system and permit the Commander in Chief of the North American Air Defense/United States Space Command(CINCNORAD/CINCSPACE) to control the operations of the integrated NMD system. The two most significant components of the BMC3 system are a Battle Management, Command and Control(BMC2) element that will track targets, plan engagements, and direct and monitor the various facets of a missile defense battle; and an In-flight Interceptor Communications System(IFICS) to link the communications between the BM/C2 and the exoatmospheric kill vehicle(KV) during the latter's flight toward its target.

Key term(s)
  • Battle Management, Command, Control and Communication
  • Battle Management/Command, Control and Communications
  • Battle Management/Command, Control and Communication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
OBS

Gestion de l'engagement, commandement, contrôle et communication : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Key term(s)
  • Gestion de l'engagement, commandement, contrôle et communication

Spanish

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Record 27 2010-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Improved Hawk or I-Hawk. The original Hawk system had problems engaging targets at low altitude-the missile would have problems picking the target out against ground clutter. The US army began a program to address these issues in 1964-the Hawk Improvement Program(Hawk/HIP).

Key term(s)
  • HAWK Improvement Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 28 2010-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

A target tug is an aircraft which tows a drone or otherwise unmanned target, for the purposes of gun or missile target practice. Target tugs are often conversions of transport and utility aircraft, as well as obsolescent combat types. Target Tugs, such as [the] de Havilland Vampire are often painted in high visibility colors to differentiate themselves from the targets they tow.

Key term(s)
  • target-towing aircraft
  • target tug aircraft
  • target-tug
  • target tower

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
DEF

Avion remorquant des objets, ou cibles, sur lesquels des avions ou des canons anti-aériens tirent pour s'entraîner.

Spanish

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Record 29 2008-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

[A method of homing navigation] in which the missile turning rate is proportional to the rate of change of line of sight between missile and target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Suivant une trajectoire de navigation proportionnelle, son autodirecteur semi-actif le guide vers la cible illuminée en permanence par un puissant faisceau électromagnétique provenant du bâtiment porteur.

Spanish

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Record 30 2008-04-28

English

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

Several manufacturers have perceived the problem, including South Africa's Kentron. This company is now developing an infrared version of its Sahv which will enable the operator to fire the missile before the target has been acquired. The missile is fired "blind" in the general direction of the threat, then given target updates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Cette situation nouvelle n'a pas échappé aux constructeurs. C'est le cas de la firme sud-africaine Kentron qui développe une variante infrarouge de son missile Sahv qui peut être tirée "en aveugle" dans la direction générale de l'objectif et recevoir en vol un recalage de cap.

Spanish

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Record 31 2008-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

If targets are to be engaged at a distance, then the time of flight affords the enemy time to detect the missile launch and return fire, either destroying the vehicle or breaking the operator's target lock, thus wasting the missile.

Key term(s)
  • target lock on

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

S'il faut prendre des objectifs à une certaine distance, la durée de trajet donne à l'ennemi le temps de détecter le lancement du missile et de riposter et de détruire le véhicule ou rompre le verrouillage sur la cible, ce qui cause la perte du missile.

Key term(s)
  • verrouillage sur l'objectif
  • accrochage de la cible

Spanish

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Record 32 2008-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

Sagaie is designed to be used in four distinct modes. In the first(confusion), a chaff rocket would be fired out to near its maximum range of about 5 km to create a false target for the target-designation radar of an attacking ship or aircraft.... The third mode(distraction) is intended to counter an attacking missile-four bursts containing both chaff and IR [infared] decoys are produced at close range round the ship.

OBS

A heavyweight among decoy launchers, the Sagaie is a long-range system designed for medium and large warships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)

Spanish

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Record 33 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 34 2007-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Torpedoes
OBS

homing head : An on-board electromagnetic, optical or acoustic device designed to automatically guide a missile or torpedo to its target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Torpilles
OBS

autodirecteur : Dispositif de bord électromagnétique, optique ou acoustique, servant à guider automatiquement un missile ou une torpille vers l'objectif.

Spanish

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Record 35 2007-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

After launch, and as the ASCM [anti-ship cruise missile] nears the target, distraction cartridges are fired at ranges up to 4. 5 km to disturb the range and accuracy of the missile's guidance system. However, should the missile have already locked on to the ship in its final attack phase, seduction chaff is deployed to provide point defense and a means sometimes in coordination with other on-board EW [electronic warfare] equipment, to "pull" the seaker away from the ship to the chaff cloud.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
  • Guerre électronique
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

Source : ministère de la Défense nationale.

Spanish

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Record 36 2007-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Line-of-sight wire.... the operator acquires the target by means of an optical sighting device. [He] passes [the missile] to the signals needed to align it with the target... These signals [are transmitted to the missile over wires].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Un engin à très courte portée pourra être guidé par un opérateur humain qui le suive à l'aide d'équipement optique de visée. Il communique par fils les ordres nécessaires pour le conduire vers le but.

Spanish

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Record 37 2006-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Target Acquisition
DEF

A system by which a missile steers itself towards a target by means of a self-contained mechanism which is activated by some distinguishing characteristics of the target.

OBS

homing guidance: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Acquisition d'objectif
DEF

Méthode par laquelle un missile est dirigé vers un objectif grâce à un mécanisme incorporé, sensible à certaines caractéristiques de l'objectif.

OBS

guidage de collision : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
  • Adquisición del objetivo
DEF

Sistema de autodirección en el que el proyectil lleva consigo tanto la fuente para iluminar el objetivo como el receptor para detectar la energía reflejada por dicho objetivo al ser iluminado.

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Record 38 2006-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Military Training
  • Target Acquisition
DEF

A flying target whose trajectory may be altered remotely.

CONT

An unmanned, remote-controlled target drone(BMQ-74E) was used to fly a hostile-attack pattern simulating an enemy missile attack on Stennis.

Key term(s)
  • remote controlled target drone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Acquisition d'objectif
DEF

Cible volante dont la trajectoire peut être modifiée à distance.

OBS

drone-cible téléguidé : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 39 2006-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The target seeker receives and interprets the radar energy reflected from the target. Then it produces signals that are sent to the flight control section to direct the missile to intercept the target or come within lethal range of it.

Key term(s)
  • flight-control section

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 40 2004-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Torpedoes
DEF

An on-board electromagnetic, optical or acoustic device designed to automatically guide a missile or torpedo to its target.

OBS

homing device; homing head; seeker; seeker head: terms extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Torpilles
DEF

Dispositif de bord électromagnétique, optique ou acoustique, servant à guider automatiquement un missile ou une torpille vers l'objectif.

OBS

autodirecteur : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

OBS

autodirecteur; tête chercheuse; dispositif d'autoguidage : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

PHR

Autodirecteur actif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
  • Torpedos
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Record 41 2004-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

guided missile: projectile provided with means for altering its direction after it leaves its launching device.

OBS

Almost all modern missiles are propelled by rocket or jet engines and have guidance mechanisms, usually including sensors, to help the missile find its target. Heat-seeking missiles, for example, carry infrared sensors that allow them to home in on the exhaust of jet engines.

Key term(s)
  • guided missile engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 42 2004-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
DEF

[A munition] which reliably [fulfils its] performance, readiness and operational requirements on demand, but which [minimises] the probability of inadvertent initiation and severity of subsequent collateral damage to weapon platforms, logistic systems and personnel when subjected to unintentional stimuli.

CONT

An insensitive munition is one that will not detonate under any conditions other than its intended mission to destroy a target. If it is struck by fragments from an explosion or hit by a bullet, it will not detonate. It also will not detonate if it is in close proximity to a target that is hit. In extreme temperatures, the missile will only burn(no detonation or explosion).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité
OBS

munitions à risques atténués : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

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Record 43 2004-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Researchers employed an innovative guidance strategy to produce new guidance laws that are nonlinear variants of augmented PRONAV.... The new concept led to guidance laws that do not depend on time-to-go, indirectly minimize miss distance, and compensate for both target and missile acceleration. By applying the new guidance strategy to the complete, fully coupled, nonlinear, intercept kinematics, researchers developed two families of guidance laws that account for various levels of cross-channel couplings between the azimuth and elevation guidance channels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 44 2003-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A Navy air-to-air missile having infrared homing guidance and a speed of over Mach 2.

OBS

When launched from an airplane, the missile seeks and hits an enemy bomber or fighter target by homing on the heat emitted by the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Missile tactique air-air bénéficiant d'un autodirecteur infrarouge capable de détecter la source chaude émise par l'avion adverse.

Spanish

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Record 45 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

A new air-launched missile will be the first weapon ever with a built-in ability to seek out and destroy enemy armor. The missile, called Wasp because it would be launched in swarms of 10 or more, will allow an attacking aircraft to withdraw before exposing itself to heavy enemy air defenses. Initially it will be programmed to fly to a target area. A terminal guidance seeker then will take over, identifying the armor and steering the missile to an individual target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

C'est un nouveau missile aéroporté qui sera la première arme dotée de la capacité intrinsèque de rechercher et de détruire les matériels blindés ennemis. Ce missile, baptisé Wasp (guêpe) car il sera lancé par essaims de 10 ou davantage, permettra à un aéronef attaquant de s'éloigner avant d'être exposé au feu des armes lourdes de défense aérienne ennemies. Au départ, il sera programmé pour se diriger sur la zone d'objectifs et un autodirecteur de guidage terminal prendra ensuite la relève, identifiant le matériel blindé et dirigeant le missile sur une cible donnée.

Spanish

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Record 46 2003-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The missile can employ either a TV or a high-resolution imaging infrared seeker for around-the-clock operations. It closes on its target in a fire-and-update mode using a highly secure data link.

Key term(s)
  • fire and update mode

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 47 2002-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

One of the two major components of the Javelin Antitank Missile. The unit using a simple latching mechanism to attach to the projectile, incorporates an integrated day/night sight and provides target engagement capability in adverse weather and in the presence of countermeasures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

L'une des deux principales composantes du missile antichar Javelin. Le dispositif, doté d'un mécanisme simple d'attache au projectile, comprend une unité de visée diurne et nocturne, capable d'engager un objectif dans des conditions météorologiques défavorables et en présence de contre-mesures.

OBS

dispositif de commandement et de lancement; DCL : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 48 2002-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A type of missile which, after firing, guides itself onto the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Type de missile qui, une fois lancé, se dirige lui-même vers l'objectif.

OBS

missile tir et oubli : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 49 2002-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Several manufacturers have perceived the problem, including South Africa's Kentron. This company is now developing an infrared version of its Sahv which will enable the operator to fire the missile before the target has been acquired. The missile is fired "blind" in the general direction of the threat, then given target updates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Cette situation nouvelle n'a pas échappé aux constructeurs. C'est le cas de la firme sud-africaine Kentron qui développe une variante infrarouge de son missile Sahv qui peut être tirée «en aveugle» dans la direction générale de l'objectif et recevoir en vol un recalage de cap.

Spanish

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Record 50 2002-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Space Weapons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Armes orbitales

Spanish

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Record 51 2002-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Electronic Warfare
CONT

sea-skimming missile show detection at 16 kilometres, missile launch after 8 seconds with the target at 9.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
  • Guerre électronique
CONT

Selon Thomson-CSF, un missile à trajectoire rasante en rapprochement à Mach 2,5 serait détecté à 16 km, le départ du coup interviendrait 8 secondes après la détection, le but s'étant rapproché à la distance de 9,2 km,l'interception se produirait au bout de 13,5 secondes, à 4,5 km.

Spanish

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Record 52 2002-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

The AGM-84D Harpoon missile, used for anti-ship warfare, has active-radar systems providing target acquisition and sea-skimming cruise ability.

CONT

the Harpon’s active radar guidance, warhead design, and low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory assure high survivability and effectiveness. The missile is capable of being launched from surface ships, submarines, or (without the booster) from aircraft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)

Spanish

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Record 53 2002-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence
DEF

In air defence, the process, following weapon assignment, of allocating a particular target or area to a specific surface-to-air missile unit or interceptor aircraft.

OBS

target allocation: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne
DEF

En défense aérienne, répartition (après définition des armes) des objectifs entre unités de missiles ou aéronefs d'interception.

OBS

affectation des objectifs : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Defensa aérea
DEF

En defensa aérea, proceso que se sigue para la adjudicación de objetivos de interés militar a una unidad de misiles específicos superficie-aire o a un interceptor aéreo.

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Record 54 2002-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

The guidance applied to a missile between midcourse guidance and its arrival in the vicinity of the target.

OBS

terminal guidance: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Guidage appliqué à un missile entre le moment où se termine le guidage «en vol» et son arrivée à proximité de l'objectif.

OBS

guidage de fin de trajectoire : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

guidage de fin de trajectoire : terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et par le Groupe de travail de terminologie de l'Artillerie.

OBS

guidage terminal; guidage final : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
DEF

Guía que se aplica a un misil desde el centro de la trayectoria y las proximidades del objetivo.

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Record 55 2002-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A system of homing distance wherein the receiver in the missile utilizes radiations from the target which has been illuminated by an outside source.

OBS

semi-active homing guidance: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Méthode de guidage dans laquelle le récepteur incorporé au missile utilise les radiations émises par l'objectif éclairé par une source extérieure.

OBS

guidage semi-actif : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

guidage semi-actif : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des Munitions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
DEF

Sistema de guía en el que el receptor del misil utiliza radiaciones que provienen del blanco que ha sido iluminado por una fuente exterior.

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Record 56 2002-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A system of homing guidance wherein the receiver in the missile utilizes radiation from the target.

OBS

passive homing guidance: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Méthode de guidage dans laquelle le récepteur incorporé au missile utilise les radiations émises par l'objectif.

OBS

guidage passif : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

guidage passif : terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des Munitions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
DEF

Sistema de guía en el que el receptor en el misil utiliza radiación procedente del blanco.

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Record 57 2002-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

When using a Maverick missile, the pilot engages the target autotracker and the pod hands the target off to the weapon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Armes de haute technicité
CONT

Pour tirer un missile Maverick, le pilote engage la poursuite automatique et la nacelle transmet au missile les paramètres du but.

Spanish

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Record 58 2001-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
DEF

A system which evaluates flight information, correlates it with target data, determines the desired flight path of the missile and communicates the necessary commands to the missile flight control system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Système qui mesure les données concernant le vol d'un missile, les confronte aux éléments «but», détermine la trajectoire désirée pour le missile et transmet les ordres de vol nécessaires au système de commande des gouvernes.

Spanish

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Record 59 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
DEF

Experiment that involved hitting a moving target at 12, 000 feet with a kinetic energy weapon at White Sands Missile Range in June 1986.

Key term(s)
  • flexible, lightweight, agile, guided experiment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
Key term(s)
  • flexible, lightweight, agile, guided experiment

Spanish

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Record 60 2001-06-20

English

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

BAE Systems has delivered the first production Directional Infra Red Countermeasures(DIRCM) anti-missile protection turret. The system is being fitted to transport aircraft and helicopters in service with American and British armed forces and will protect the aircraft from infra red heat-seeking missiles by jamming the seeker... DIRCM is a revolutionary protection system, which is designed to detect the launch of a heat-seeking missile, determine if it is a threat and track its flight, before defeating its seeker head with an emission of infra red energy. The missile loses its lock on the target and very quickly veers off its course and is destroyed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
CONT

Essayé sur AH-64A. Si le Guitar-350 affiche de hautes performances, c'est qu'il a été conçu dès le départ dans l'optique de le compléter d'une tourelle de type DIRCM. L'élément actif de cette tourelle stabilisée est une lampe à arc dont les séquences de fonctionnement sont pilotées par un calculateur de technique de brouillage dans le but de saturer les autodirecteurs des missiles attaquants et de les dévier de leur trajectoire.[...] le meilleur emplacement de cette tourelle se situait au sommet de l'hélicoptère, juste derrière le rotor principal, pour avoir le minimum d'angles morts vis-à-vis de missiles qui attaquent en principe par l'arrière.

Key term(s)
  • tourelle DIRCM

Spanish

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Record 61 2001-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

Homing : A method by which a missile or rocket automatically locates and directs itself toward the target using infrared, radar or electro-optical guidance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 62 2001-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The test demonstrated that the CALCM can make precision strikes over great distances. It also proved that the conventional cruise missile could undertake a "steep-terminal-dive maneuvre" designed to deliver a penetrator warhead on target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 63 2001-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

A TV Seeker(or optical seeker) and a Millimetric Seeker(a type of radar) make images of the space ahead of them and pick out their own targets. Although these do not give very high accuracy they allow the missile to intelligently select the target type to go for(as pre programmed by the launching platform).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

L'autodirecteur millimétrique PROMETHEE, mis au point par Thomson-CSF Detexis équipe le missile de croisière APACHE et permet le recalage de la navigation et la désignation de l'objectif. [...] Un autre détecteur millimétrique a été étudié pour résister aux fortes accélérations des projectiles d'artillerie. C'est le projet BALMI destiné aux projectiles (PGM) ou à des sous-munitions.

Spanish

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Record 64 2001-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

PENGUIN is a high subsonic missile with canard control, powered by a solid-propellant rocket motor. The highly accurate inertial navigation system ensures the missile's capability of target selection and provides the flexibility of fully programmable trajectory via operator designated waypoint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 65 2000-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Field Artillery
CONT

... a trailer mounted telescopic collimation mast... which consists of a mast head, an optical sight, an infra-red lamp, a target and missile simulator and a detector of radar and missile command guidance signals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Artillerie de campagne
OBS

collimation : Didact. (astron.) Orientation d'un instrument d'optique dans une direction précise, pointage.

Spanish

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Record 66 2000-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

An air-breathing antiship missile, the Sea Eagle is claimed by British Aerospace to give a significant advance over the earlier Exocet in terms of range, target discrimination and terminal lethality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
  • Armes de haute technicité
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Selon British Aerospace, le missile antinavire à propulsion aérobie (un turboréacteur Microturbo TRI-60) Sea Eagle serait sensiblement supérieur à l'Exocet en termes de portée, de discrimination de l'objectif et de létalité.

Spanish

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Record 67 2000-08-16

English

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

... when the search radar has located the target it can be "locked-on", feeding information to an on-board computer which provides steering information. When the enemy is within missile firing range, the homing of the missile also "locks-on", and the pilot is then instructed to fire his weapons.

French

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

L'ordinateur de bord assiste le pilote en combat, que ce soit pour le tir au canon ou pour le lancement de missiles air-air et air-sol. Il est capable de choisir la trajectoire la plus favorable pour conduire l'avion jusqu'à l'interception et de commander le tir [...]

Spanish

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Record 68 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The Low Altitude and Targeting Infra-red System for Night(LANTIRN), Wide Area Anti-armour Munitions(WAAM), Precision Location Strike System and Medium-range Air-to-Surface Missile(MRASM) will help target acquisition and destruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 69 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The Low Altitude and Targeting Infra-red System for Night(LANTIRN), Wide Area Anti-armour Munitions(WAAM), Precision Location Strike System and Medium-range Air-to-Surface Missile(MRASM) will help target acquisition and destruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 70 1997-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

[The AIM-9G missile] closely resembled the -9D but employed SEAM (Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode) electronics, while the [AIM-9H], a US Navy weapon, was basically a solid-state version of the -9G.

OBS

The AIM-9J introduced the Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode(SEAM), which slaved the seeker head of the missile to the curcraft's radar when in "dayfight" mode, which enable the AIM-9J seeker head to be uncaged, slewed toward a specific target by the aircraft radar, and made to track only that particular target before being launched.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 71 1997-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
OBS

Capital Equipment Project MXXX.

Key term(s)
  • MXXX

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
OBS

Projet d'immobilisations MXXX.

Key term(s)
  • MXXX

Spanish

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Record 72 1996-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

The MM15 missile, which carries a 30-kilogram warhead and has a range of from 3 to 16 kilometres, is guided by ridind the beam of an Agrion radar at a low cruising altitude along the radar beam and dives when 300 metres from its target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Propulsion des bateaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
CONT

L'engin est guidé par alignement sur le faisceau d'un radar Agrion.

Spanish

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Record 73 1995-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

An orientation package mounted at the rear of the missile would probably have enough thruster power to turn the round onto any bearing, giving all-round coverage without the need for the aircraft to be pointed towards the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

Le système d'orientation du vecteur poussée monté à l'arrière de l'engin aura une efficacité suffisante pour commander n'importe quel changement de cap si important soit-il, de sorte que le pilote de l'aéronef lanceur pourra tirer quelle que soit la position du but par rapport à lui, sans nécessairement pointer son appareil dans sa direction.

Spanish

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Record 74 1994-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

the missile operator or controller is equipped with binoculars and aims the missile by aligning the image of the tracer flare,(or jet exhaust) with the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 75 1994-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

For example, autonomous guidance and all-weather capability jointly suggest an active radar system, but this means that the missile will attack the largest radar response that it perceives, and it will not necessarily aim for the most vulnerable part of the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
  • Armes de haute technicité
CONT

Une capacité tout-temps et un guidage autonome par exemple impliquent le choix d'un autodirecteur à radar, ce qui signifie que le missile se dirigera vers la zone du but qui renvoie l'écho radar le plus puissant mais qui n'est pas forcément la plus vulnérable.

Spanish

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Record 76 1993-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Computers and Calculators
CONT

When using a Maverick missile, the pilot engages the target autotracker and the pod hands the target off to the weapon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
CONT

Pour tirer un missile Maverick, le pilote engage le dispositif de poursuite automatique et la nacelle transmet au missile les paramètres but.

Spanish

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Record 77 1993-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

Sparrow : A Navy air-to-air guided missile having a speed of over 1500(miles)(2400 kilometers) per hour, guided to its target by a radar beam transmitted by the launching airplane; several models exist, designated Sparrow I, Sparrow II, and Sparrow III.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

Sparrow : La portée dépasse maintenant couramment la dizaine de kilomètres, et atteint même 22 km sur la dernière version du «Sparrow» américain.

Spanish

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Record 78 1993-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
CONT

Several manufacturers have perceived the problem, including South Africa's Kentron. This company is now developing an infrared version of its Sahv which will enable the operator to fire the missile before the target has been acquired. The missile is fired "blind" in the general direction of the threat, then given target updates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)
CONT

Cette situation nouvelle n'a pas échappé aux constructeurs. C'est le cas de la firme sud-africaine Kentron qui développe une variante infrarouge de son missile Sahv qui peut être tirée "en aveugle" dans la direction générale de l'objectif et recevoir en vol un recalage de cap.

Spanish

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Record 79 1990-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 80 1990-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

The point during an engagement when the distances from the operator to the missile and the operator to the target are the same.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 81 1989-11-06

English

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

The first major contract for a D-HUD system has been for the US Air Force LANTIRN(Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infra-Red for Night) programme, which is to provide the F-16 and A-10 aircraft with a night and below-the-weather capability by the addition of two pods carrying a forward-looking infra-red sensor, together with automatic target recognition, automatic handover equipment for the infra-red homing Maverick missile, automatic laser tracker and target designator and a terrain-following/navigation radar from Texas Instruments.

Key term(s)
  • terrain-following radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Le premier contrat important signé pour un système D-HUD s'applique au programme LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infra-Red for Night). Ce système est conçu pour donner aux F-16 et A-10 une capacité nuit/tout-temps grâce à l'emport de deux nacelles renfermant une caméra thermique (FLIR), divers équipements pour la détection, l'acquisition et la poursuite automatique des cibles et le transfert des données à l'autodirecteur IR du missile Maverick, ainsi qu'un radar de suivi de terrain/navigation de Texas Instruments.

Spanish

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Record 82 1989-06-14

English

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

A C-band, phased array, multifunction radar that performs target search and track missile search, track, and communications during midcourse guidance, and target-via-missile(TVM) terminal guidance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 83 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 84 1987-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

During the simulated flight of the missile, the apparatus compares the sighting errors with maximum permissible errors worked out according to the size of the target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Pendant le vol fictif du missile, l'appareil compare les écarts de visée avec les écarts maximaux admissibles dont la valeur est réglée en fonction de la taille de la cible utilisée.

Spanish

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Record 85 1987-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

... the target must be illuminated during the entire missile flight time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

(...) le seul inconvénient (...) serait d'exiger une éclairage laser de l'objectif pendant toute la durée de vol du missile.

Spanish

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Record 86 1987-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

Riposting to an attacking missile by deflecting it from its target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 87 1986-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

Radar that can spot the target and its decoys very far from the missile silos they are aimed at by the Soviets.

OBS

Radar related to the terminal phase of missiles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 88 1985-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Four firing modes can be used [for launching a MBB's anti-ship missile]. Silent firing... radar firing, where target position is fed in or updated by the aircraft radar at the launch point....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Quatre modes de lancement possibles: un mode "silence" (...); un mode "radar" où l'avion lanceur fournit au missile la position de l'objectif (...)

Spanish

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Record 89 1985-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Four firing modes can be used [for launching the MBB's anti-ship missile]. Silent firing... ;radar firing... ;visual firing... ;offset firing mode where target data is fed in through data link to the launch aircraft from another source, such as a maritime patrol aircraft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Quatre modes de lancement sont possibles; un mode "silence" (...); un mode "radar" (...); un mode "visuel" (...); un mode "déport", où les données fournies au missile sur l'objectif proviennent d'une source extérieure (avion de patrouille maritime par exemple).

Spanish

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Record 90 1985-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Four firing modes can be used [for launching the MBB's anti-ship missile]. Silent firing, where the target is acquired outside maximum missile range, the missile is launched when in range without further radar transmission....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Quatre modes de lancement sont possibles: un mode "silence" avec acquisition de l'objectif au-delà de la portée maximale du missile, le tir étant déclenché au moment où l'objectif arrive à portée, en silence radar (...)

Spanish

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Record 91 1985-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Telecommunications Transmission
CONT

radar information is fed into a computer, which causes signals to be transmitted to the missile so that it will intercept the target. This is called radar command guidance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 92 1982-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

A new air-launched missile will be the first weapon ever with a built-in ability to seek out and destroy enemy armor. The missile, called Wasp because it would be launched in swarms of 10 or more, will allow an attacking aircraft to withdraw before exposing itself to heavy enemy air defenses. Initially it will be programmed to fly to a target area. A terminal guidance seeker then will take over, identifying the armor and steering the missile to an individual target.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

C'est un nouveau missile aéroporté qui sera la première arme dotée de la capacité intrinsèque de rechercher et de détruire les matériels blindés ennemis. Ce missile, baptisé wasp (guêpe) car il sera lancé par essaims de 10 ou davantage, permettra à un aéronef attaquant de s'éloigner avant d'être exposé au feu des armes lourdes de défense aérienne ennemies. Au départ, il sera programmé pour se diriger sur la zone d'objectifs et un autodirecteur de guidage terminal prendra ensuite la relève, identifiant le matériel blindé et dirigeant le missile sur une cible donnée.

Spanish

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Record 93 1981-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

Completion of the ALCM flyoff does not end development testing of the cruise missile, each unit of which is expected to cost $1 million, including development. Program officials have already scheduled 17 additional tests for the winner of the competition, to verify more completely the chosen missile's ability to attack a target with a nuclear warhead containing twenty times the destructive force of the Hiroshima blast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

La fin des essais comparatifs en vol ne signifie pas la fin des essais de mise au point. Les responsables du programme ont déjà prévu que le missile qui serait choisi subira une série de dix-sept tirs supplémentaires destinés à vérifier de manière plus approfondie son aptitude à attaquer un objectif avec une charge nucléaire d'une puissance vingt fois supérieure à celle de la bombe d'Hiroshima.

Key term(s)
  • essai comparatif en vol

Spanish

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Record 94 1981-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Engineering (Military)
  • Military (General)
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

The entire process by which target intelligence information received by the guided missile is used to effect proper flight control to cause timely direction changes for effective target interception.

OBS

Term(s) officialized by the Department of National Defence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie construction (Militaire)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Systèmes d'armes
OBS

Ensemble du procédé par lequel les renseignements sur l'objectif reçus par le missile sont utilisés par le dispositif de contrôle du vol pour effectuer les changements de direction opportuns qui permettent une interception efficace de la cible.

Spanish

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