Missile Guidance and Control Systems [Springer, 2004].pdf

Missile Guidance
and Control Systems
Springer
New York
Berlin
Heidelberg
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Milan
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e M. Siouris
Missile Guidance
and Control Systems
e M. Siouris
Consultant
Avionics and Weapon Systems
Formerly
Adjunct Professor
Air Force Institute of Technology
Department of Electrical puter Engineering
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
USA
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Cover illustration: Typical phases of a ballistic missile trajectory.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Siouris, e M.
Missile guidance and control systems / e M. Siouris.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-387-00726-1 (hc. : alk. paper)
1. Flight control. 2. Guidance systems (Flight) 3. Automatic pilot (Airplanes) I. Title.
2003


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2003044592
ISBN 0-387-00726-1 Printed on acid-free paper.
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Preface
In every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly
so-called, as there is mathematics.
Immanuel Kant
Most air defense systems in use or