Air defense destruction missile weapon system

Claim 1

A method of destroying a military target site, comprising the steps of: launching a plurality of missiles from an aircraft at a stand-off range from a target area, each said missile having an airframe, means for propulsion of said missile, and control surfaces, at least one of said missiles being a hunter missile adapted to include a radio frequency direction finder, an imaging infrared seeker system with automatic target cuing algorithms, an on-board Global Positioning System locating system, a jam-resistant data link system for transmitting and receiving data between said hunter missile and said aircraft and between said hunter missile and other command and control platforms and receiving stations, a radar cross section augmentation system, a laser target designator, and a warhead, at least one of said missiles being a killer missile adapted to include an on-board Global Positioning System locating system, a radar cross section augmentation system, a laser tracker, a jam-resistant data link receiver, and a warhead; deploying said plurality of missiles to said target area; operating said radar cross section augmentation system of at least one of said plurality of missiles to induce emissions of radio frequency energy from said military target site; operating said radio frequency direction finder and said automatic target cuing algorithms of said imaging infrared seeker system of said hunter missile to survey, locate and select a target of said military target site for destruction; directing a selected one of said killer missiles to said selected target; and, detonating said warhead at said selected target.

Claim 2

A method of destroying a military target site, comprising the steps of: launching a plurality of missiles from an aircraft at a stand-off range from a target area, each said missile having an airframe, means for propulsion of said missile, and control surfaces, at least one of said missiles being a hunter missile adapted to include a radio frequency direction finder, an imaging infrared seeker system with automatic target cuing algorithms, an on-board Global Positioning System locating system, a jam-resistant data link system for transmitting and receiving data between said hunter missile and said aircraft and between said hunter missile and other command and control platforms and receiving stations, a radar cross section augmentation system, a laser target designator, and a warhead, at least one of said missiles being a killer missile adapted to include an on-board Global Positioning System locating system, a radar cross section augmentation system, a laser tracker, a jam-resistant data link receiver, and a warhead; deploying said plurality of missiles to said target area; operating said radar cross section augmentation system of at least one of said plurality of missiles to induce emissions of radio frequency energy from said military target site; operating said radio frequency direction finder and said automatic target cuing algorithms of said imaging infrared seeker system of said hunter missile to survey, locate and select a target of said military target site for destruction; directing a selected one of said killer missiles to said selected target; and, detonating said warhead at said selected target.

Claim 6

A method of destroying a military target site, comprising the steps of: launching a plurality of missiles from an aircraft at a stand-off distance from said military target site, each said missile having an airframe, means for propulsion of said missile, and control surfaces, at least one of said missiles being a hunter missile having a multisensor target surveillance and recognition system, an on-board jam resistant Global Positioning System locating system, a jam resistant data link system for transmitting and receiving data between said hunter missile and said carrier aircraft and between said hunter missile and other command and control platforms and receiving stations, a laser target designator, and a warhead, at least one of said missiles being a killer missile having an on-board Global Positioning System locating system, a laser tracker, a jam resistant missile-to-aircraft data link receiver, and a warhead; deploying said missiles to said military target site; operating said multisensor target surveillance and recognition system of said hunter missile to survey, identify and locate targets of said military target site; transmitting target information for said identified and located targets over said missile-to-aircraft data link to said aircraft; laser designating selected targets of said identified and located targets for attack; and, directing a respective one of said killer missiles to a respective one of said selected targets; and, exploding said warhead at said respective one of said selected targets.

Claim 7

A method of destroying a military target site, comprising the steps of: launching a plurality of missiles from an aircraft at a stand-off distance from said military target site, each said missile having an airframe, means for propulsion of said missile, and control surfaces, at least one of said missiles being a hunter missile having a multisensor target surveillance and recognition system, an on-board jam resistant Global Positioning System locating system, a jam resistant data link system for transmitting and receiving data between said hunter missile and said carrier aircraft and between said hunter missile and other command and control platforms and receiving stations, a laser target designator, and a warhead, at least one of said missiles being a killer missile having an on-board Global Positioning System locating system, a laser tracker, a jam resistant missile-to-aircraft data link receiver, and a warhead; deploying said missiles to said military target site; operating said multisensor target surveillance and recognition system of said hunter missile to survey, identify and locate targets of said military target site; transmitting target information for said identified and located targets over said missile-to-aircraft data link to said aircraft; laser designating selected targets of said identified and located targets for attack; and, directing a respective one of said killer missiles to a respective one of said selected targets; and, exploding said warhead at said respective one of said selected targets.