Guidance systems for missiles and other moving bodies

Claim 1

A GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A MISSILE OR OTHER MOVING BODY COMPRISING A SURFACE-BASED RADAR SIGNAL TRANSMITTER FOR ILLUMINATING A REMOTE TARGER; A RADAR SIGNAL RECEIVING DISH MOUNTED IN THE BODY FOR RECEIVING RADAR SIGNALS REFLECTED FROM THE REMOTE TARGET; MEANS INCLUDING SAID RADAR SIGNAL RECEIVING DISH FOR GENERATING INFORMATIONCARRYING SIGNALS CONTAINING MEASUREMENTS OF THE RELATIVE ANGULAR POSITION OF THE TARGET WITH RESPECT TO THE BODY, SAID GENERATING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS TO PRODUCE A REFERENCE OSCILLATION AND MEANS TO DERIVE FROM THE REFLECTION RADAR SIGNALS RECEIVED FROM THE TARGET AN OSCILLATION THE PHASE ANGLE OF WHICH IN RELATION TO THE REFERENCE OSCILLATION IS A MEASURE OF THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE PROJECTION OF THE BODY-OF-TARGET SIGHT LINE ONTO A PLANE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE AXIS OF THE DISH AND A DATUM LINE IN SAID PLANE; A RADIO TRANSMITTER MOUNTED IN THE BODY FOR TRANSMITTING SAID INFORMATION-CARRYING SIGNALS; A RECEIVER LOCATED AT AN OPERATOR''S STATION FOR RECEIVING SAID INFORMATION-CARRYING SIGNALS; A DISPLAY DEVICE LOCATED AT THE OPERATOR''S STATION AND RESPONSIVE TO THE RECEIVED INFORMATION-CARRYING SIGNALS TO PRODUCE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE RELATIVE ANGULAR POSITION OF THE TARGET WITH RESPECT TO THE BODY; A MANUALLY OPERABLE CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPERATION BY A HUMAN OPERATOR TO GENERATE CONTROL SIGNALS IN RESPONSE TO MANUAL ADJUSTMENT THEREOF; A FURTHER RADIO TRANSMITTER AT THE OPERATOR''S STATION FOR TRANSMITTING SAID CONTROL SIGNALS; A FURTHER RECEIVER MOUNTED IN THE BODY FOR RECEIVING SAID CONTROL SIGNALS; AND A CONTROL SYSTEM IN THE BODY RESPONSIVE TO THE RECEIVED CONTROL SIGNALS TO GUIDE THE BODY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPERATOR''S ADJUSTMENTS OF THE MANUALLY OPERABLE CONTROL DEVICE.