SBI Allocation Between Heavy and Singlet Missiles,
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AD Number: ADA344752
Subject Categories: GUIDED MISSILES
Corporate Author: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB NM
Title: SBI Allocation Between Heavy and Singlet Missiles,
Personal Authors: West, Bo; Canavan, Gregory H.
Report Date: 01 APR 1991
Pages: 13 PAGES
Report Number: LA-11888-MS, DE-91009859
Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
Monitor Acronym: XF
Monitor Series: XD
Descriptors: *GUIDED MISSILES, BOOST PHASE, PENETRATION, INTERCEPTORS, SPACE
BASED.
Identifiers: BMDO COLLECTION
Abstract: The optimal allocation of space-based interceptors (SBIs) between
fixed, heavy missiles and mobile singlets can be derived from approximate
expressions for the boost-phase penetration of each. Singlets can cluster before
launch and have shorter burn times, which reduce their availability to SBIs by
an order of magnitude. Singlet penetration decreases slowly with the number of
SBIs allocated to them; heavy missile penetration falls rapidly. The allocation
to the heavy missiles falls linearly with their number. The penetration of heavy
and singlet missiles is proportional to their numbers and inversely proportional
to their availability.
Limitation Code: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Source Code: 211350
Citation Creation Date: 03 JUN 1998