Design of a Unique Azimuth Monitoring Device

摘要

As missile CEP's get progressively smaller, there is an increasingly urgent requirement to monitor all of the geokinetic effects acting upon the missile launch site, the missile alignment systems, and missile weapons system accuracy. It is therefore necessary to devise a means to monitor the translational rotational changes of the crustal environment around a missile launch area. This must be done to determine the direction, magnitude, frequency, and elasticity of azimuthal movements as they affect missile accuracy. This paper describes a device which was designed, developed and is currently undergoing evaluation at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory. The device is designed to monitor changes in relative azimuth (translation and rotation) between widely separated points. The test equipment consists of a sending/receiving site; a redirecting mirror site; two reflecting sites; and a modulated laser. (Author)