| CPC F41G 7/2253 (2013.01) [F41G 7/2206 (2013.01); F41G 7/2293 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A hypersonic missile system comprising:
a missile body comprising a nose cone;
a set of thrusters configured to provide thrust to propel the hypersonic missile system to hypersonic speeds;
a plurality of windows formed in at least a portion of the nose cone, wherein the plurality of windows is configured to filter out unwanted wavelengths of light providing filtered light to an interior of the nose cone;
a plurality of cameras disposed in the nose cone and configured to receive the filtered light,
wherein each camera of the plurality of cameras is configured to detect a different wavelength of light;
an optical subsystem disposed within the nose cone, the optical subsystem comprising:
a plurality of mirrors configured to reflect the filtered light,
wherein a first mirror of the plurality of mirrors is configured to direct the filtered light onto a second mirror of the plurality of mirrors and the second mirror is configured to direct the filtered light into at least one camera of the plurality of cameras; and
a limiting aperture configured to filter thermal background radiation;
wherein the plurality of windows is disposed at least ten centimeters from a tip of the nose cone to reduce thermal effects and an amount and an intensity of a plurality of shock waves at the plurality of windows generated by the hypersonic speeds; and
a control unit operable to adjust a real-time trajectory of the hypersonic missile system based on at least one image formed by the plurality of cameras created from the filtered light from the plurality of windows
wherein each mirror of the plurality of mirrors has a one-to-one correspondence to each window of the plurality of windows.
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