ballistic missile threat
A ballistic missile will typically
carry both real warheads and a
plethora of decoys designed to con-
fuse a defender’s radar. Given that it
may not be possible to engage every
incoming object, distinguishing
warheads from decoys and coun-
termeasures is vitally important.
To achieve this, radar must be capable
of accurate discrimination, picking
out the warheads from a cluster of
multiple objects before passing
accurate targeting information to
the interceptor.
Raytheon has
invested hundreds of millions of
dollars with the sole aim of creating
radars that provide real cutting-
edge discrimination capability.
Two of the systems resulting from
this investment are the X-band AN/
TPY-2, a land-based radar system.
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