Missile tracking and control system

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED RADAR TRACKING SYSTEM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A DIRECTIVE RADAR ANTENNA HAVING AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION DRIVE MOTOR MEANS, RADAR RECEIVER MEANS COUPLED TO SAID DIRECTIVE ANTENNA FOR RECEIVING REFLECTED ECHO PULSES, SAID RADAR RECEIVER MEANS INCLUDING RANGE, AZIMUTH, AND ELEVATION ERROR DETECTOR MEANS, ERROR CONVERTER MEANS COUPLED TO SAID RANGE, AZIMUTH, AND ELEVATION ERROR DETECTOR MEANS, SAID ERROR CONVERTER MEANS CONVERTING RANGE, AZIMUTH, AND ELEVATION ERROR VOLTAGES OF A TARGET TO BE TRACKED INTO THREE RECTANGULAR COORDINATE ERROR VOLTAGES, STORAGE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ERROR CONVERTER MEANS, SAID STORAGE MEANS CONVERTING SAID THREE RECTANGULAR COORDINATE ERROR VOLTAGES INTO THREE RECTANGULAR COORDINATE POSITION VOLTAGES, SAID STORAGE MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR STORING SAID THREE POSITION VOLTAGES, COORDINATE CONVERTER MEANS COUPLED TO SAID STORAGE MEANS, SAID COORDINATE CONVERTER MEANS CONVERTING SAID RECTANGULAR COORDINATE POSITION VOLTAGES INTO RANGE, AZIMUTH, AND ELEVATION POSITION DATA, MEANS COUPLING SAID AZIMUTH, POSITION DATA TO SAID AZIMUTH DRIVE MOTOR MEANS, MEANS COUPLING SAID ELEVATION POSITION DATA TO SAID ELEVATION DRIVE MOTOR MEANS, A RANGE SYSTEM, SAID RANGE SYSTEM BEING RESPONSIVE TO SAID RANGE POSITION DATA FOR PRODUCING RANGE GATING PULSES, AND MEANS COUPLING SAID RANGE GATING PULSES FROM SAID RANGE SYSTEM TO SAID RANGE, AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION ERROR DETECTOR MEANS.