midcourse phase

"We should be in position to intercept throughout the boost and midcourse phases," a tech replied.

The test was exoatmospheric and done in midcourse phase and with a kinetic kill vehicle.

An intercontinental ballistic missile may release in its midcourse phase several independent warheads, a large number of decoys, and chaff.

For an intercontinental flight the boost phase takes 3 to 5 minutes, the free-fall (midcourse phase) about 25 minutes.

The midcourse phase of the trajectory was initiated at RV separation and continued until the terminal phase began.

At the beginning of the midcourse phase, the RV was pitched down to orient it for reentry and to reduce its radar cross section.

Ballistic missiles can be intercepted in three regions of their trajectory: boost phase, midcourse phase or terminal phase.

"Ten minutes from when the Soviet I.C.B.Ms cross the horizon in the midcourse phase until the warheads impact.

Program sixth Thor missile for full manual track in midcourse phase--Chief Jefferson will perform the intercept.

The Kormoran (cormorant) uses an inertial guidance system for the midcourse phase, switching to active radar homing during the terminal attack phase.

Like aircraft, ICBMs theoretically could evade such systems by deploying decoys and chaff in the midcourse phase of flight.

Those targeted on White Sands and Washington were in what Bauer called the midcourse phase of their flights, hurtling through outer space at fifteen thousand miles per hour.

The boost phase occurs just after a missile has been launched, and the late midcourse phase refers to the time period just before the missile re-enters the atmosphere.

"This phase could include both ground- and space-based components operating to detect, track and destroy ballistic missiles in the boost and late midcourse phases of flight," the Secretary said.

The U.S.'s GMD program uses land-based missiles to intercept incoming ballistic missiles in the midcourse phase of their flight, outside the earth atmosphere.

Guidance was provided by an inertial navigation system (INS) in the midcourse phase, and by a semi-active radar in the terminal phase which directed the missile to its target.

Studies regarding the guidance system of the LFSW were conducted by the Applied Physics Laboratory, which determined that the ideal solution for the new missile was for it to utilise inertial guidance during the midcourse phase of its flight.

SM-3 is an Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) designed to destroy an incoming TBM during its midcourse phase inside or, if needed, outside earth's atmosphere at maximum altitude of more than 160 km using Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) kinetic warhead.

The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) was a planned U.S. missile defense program whose goal was to design, develop, and deploy kinetic energy-based, mobile, ground and sea-launched missiles that could intercept and destroy enemy ballistic missiles during their boost, ascent and midcourse phases of flight.