Abstract
By employing the unique properties of optical fibers such as small size, lightweight, high tensile strength, wide bandwidth, and low transmission loss, pictures from an imaging seeker in a guided missile can be transmitted to an operator on the ground white target-tracking commands are being transmitted back to the missile. The advantages of such a missile system include: reduced launcher vulnerability; increased target vulnerability; reduced missile cost with sophisticated video processing/ tracking located in the launcher; and provision of a secure link that cannot be jammed.
© 1981 Optical Society of America
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