Help


[permalink] [id link]
+
Page "Intercontinental ballistic missile" ¶ 27
from Wikipedia
Edit
Promote Demote Fragment Fix

Some Related Sentences

boost and phase
BSTS was part of the SDIO in the late 1980s, and was designed to assist detection of missile launches, especially during the boost phase.
The aerospike, a telescoping outward extension that halves aerodynamic drag, is then deployed, and the boost phase begins.
The boost converter attempts to maintain a constant DC bus voltage on its output while drawing a current that is always in phase with and at the same frequency as the line voltage.
After the boost phase the bus maneuvers using small on-board rocket motors and a computerised inertial guidance system.
The boost phase was four of the Nike Ajax boosters strapped together.
The intercept-capability was a 2-tiered use of SM-3's in the boost phase and Patriot AC-3's in the event of re-entry in Japanese airspace during a potential failure.
However, after a successful boost the missile failed to transition to the sustain phase of flight.
The air intakes and the port covers which seal the intake diffusors from the ramcombustor remain closed during the boost phase.
For example, today's most advanced navigation systems are embodied within the Anti-ballistic missile, the RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 leverages GPS, IMU and ground segment data in the boost phase and relative position data for intercept targeting.
Alternatively, unexpected improvements in a country terms of trade can lead to a boost in consumption and investment generating the rapid expansion we observe during the boom phase.
Instead of nuclear warheads, the BAMBI missiles would deploy huge wire meshes designed to disable Soviet ICBMs in their early launch phase ( the " boost phase ").
One major object of study is a boost-phase defense, meaning a system to intercept missiles while they are in their boost phase.
In 2002, NMD was changed to Ground-Based Midcourse Defense ( GMD ), to differentiate it from other missile defense programs, such as space-based, sea-based, and defense targeting the boost phase and the reentry phase ( see flight phases ).
Boost-phase defense is significantly harder against the current solid-fueled ICBMs, because their boost phase is shorter.
The old Brilliant Pebbles project — although it did not apply to the boost phase — estimated the number at 4, 000 smaller orbital launchers.
These lamps often need a " boost voltage " during the trigger phase, to overcome the extremely high trigger impedance.
For a defense system, decoys and chaff for ICBMs would mainly work in mid-course: during the boost phase they would be inside the rocket, because separate rockets for each of many decoys would not be practical, while at atmospheric reentry light decoys and chaff considerably slow down and / or are destroyed in the atmosphere.
Diesel engines can also tolerate much higher levels of boost pressure than Otto cycle engines, because only air is being compressed during the compression phase, and fuel is injected later, removing the knocking issue entirely.
The length of the fuel lead was dependent upon the length of the Saturn V first stage boost phase.
The supersonic flight regime is of primary interest during the boost phase of a flight, and the subsonic mode when gliding.
It has several distinct display modes for different phases of flight, including the boost phase, coast, reentry, and gliding.

boost and 3
Mach received a major boost in visibility when the Open Software Foundation ( OSF ) announced they would be hosting future versions of OSF / 1 on Mach 2. 5, and were investigating Mach 3 as well.
Mathematically, under the treatment of the Stokes parameters as a Minkowski 4-vector, the transformation is a scaled Lorentz boost ( due to the isomorphism of SL ( 2, C ) and the restricted Lorentz group, SO ( 3, 1 )).
On August 3, 2012, Eastwood attended a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, stating that Romney would boost the country and " restore a decent tax system ... so that there's a fairness and people are not pitted against one another as who's paying taxes and who isn't.
To assuage voters ' discontent, he made the claim that he would abandon some unpopular economic reforms and boost welfare spending, end the war in Chechnya, pay wage and pension arrears, and abolish the military draft program ( he did not live up to his promises after the election, except for ending the Chechen war, which was halted for 3 years ).
One consequence of the configuration of the external ear is to selectively boost the sound pressure 30-to 100-fold for frequencies around 3 kHz.
The Central Terminal Building ( cost: R2 billion ) will boost capacity at the landside of the terminal in 3 levels, also allowing direct access from international and domestic terminals.
The BCATP provided an enormous and continuing economic boost, particularly in the Western provinces that were still recovering from the decade long depression. The final report of the BCATP Supervisory Board calculated that “ more than 3, 750 members of the RAF, RAAF, RNZAF and Allied nationals under RAF quotas married Canadian girls ,” many of whom remained in Canada to raise families.
In version 3 ( InDesign CS ) it received a boost in distribution by being bundled with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat in the Creative Suite.
Owen's seemingly slim chances of earning a place in Fabio Capello's England squad for the 2010 World Cup Finals in 2010 received a boost when on 8 December 2009, Owen scored his first hat-trick for Manchester United in a 3 – 1 away win against Wolfsburg in the Champions League, his first hat-trick since 2005.
A single or two-cell flashlight requires a boost converter to provide the higher voltage required by a white LED, which need around 3. 4 volts to function.
By making available FM radios to boost FM penetration, which was only at 3 % at the time, Ted Rogers was able to make more Canadians aware of FM transmitters.
The T16 produced at 1, 1 bar ( normal boost ) 220 hp at 1, 3 bar ( overboost ) for 45 seconds.
The pistons dropped the compression ratio to 8. 3: 1, allowing the use of large amounts of boost pressure.
Learners can boost this experience by taking professional lessons which counts for 3 times the hours, for up to 10 hours ( or 30 logbook hours.
First fuel consumption and then turbocharger boost were restricted-to 4-bar in 1987 and 1. 5-bar in 1988 ; by 1988 the turbos were only slightly more powerful than the lighter 3. 5-litre atmospheric cars that had been introduced the previous year.
It received the hydraulic brake boost system from the RS and Turbo 3. 6 ( normal Speedsters used the vacuum boost system from the Carrera 2 ) along with the same brakes as the Turbo 3. 6 ; with four pot Brembo calipers ( painted black ) and cross drilled and vented 322mm, 32mm wide disks at the front and 299mm, 24mm at the rear.
The Soyuz craft was used to boost the station's orbit on 29 May, then Kubasov and Farkas swapped Soyuz craft with the long-duration crew, exchanging seat liners, pressure suits and personal items, before departing the station in Soyuz 35 on 3 June and landed 140 km southeast of Dzhezkazgan.
The 4. 3 L V6 engine got a horsepower boost to 200 for 1992.
It was originally fitted with a specially prepared 3. 2 L type-M30 six-cylinder engine and a turbocharger producing 10 psi of boost, BMW engine code M102.
Porsche supplied an 3, 1L engine with 750-800 hp at 1, 5 bar boost for 91 000 DM in total.

0.210 seconds.