GB2418008A - Missile interceptor - Google Patents

Abstract

A missile interceptor comprises a small jet engine 8 placed inside a spherical steel ball to take in air at 5 and exhaust it as thrust in 6 and 7. Exhaust produces a vertical thrust only which keeps the missile interceptor in the air, while exhaust 6 acts as a thrust deviator and steers the missile interceptor to its target. The missile interceptor is also fitted with explosives, which is used to destroy the missile and radar to guide the interceptor to its target.

Description

24 1 8008 Missile interceptor This invention relates to intercepting a

missile fired at a fighter Aircraft. When missiles are fired at the fighter Aircraft, the pilot usually have to eject out of the aircraft as the plane gets shot down, this resuKs in the loss of the Aircraft and the pilot being captured. In some cases the pilot could get killed in such a missile attack.

To overcome this, the present invention proposes a missile interceptor which when released from the fighter aircraft runs into the path of an incoming missile fired at the aircraft and explodes destroying the missile.

The missile interceptor will make sure the fighter aircraft stays intact without any loss to the pilot or fighter aircraft.

Preferable, the missile interceptor has a small jet engine, which has two intakes, and three exhausts that form the thrust all bulk in a spherical steel ball.

Preferable, one of the exhausts produces thrust vertically while the other two produce thrust and points in different directions so as to make the missile interceptor move in various directions.

Preferable, the missile interceptor held in a bay under the fuselage or on the wings of the fighter aircrafts.

In figure 1,the missile interceptor 2 is stored in a bay under the fuselage of the fighter aircraft 1. 3 is one of the missile interceptor being released to intercept a missile 4.

Figure 2 shows the front view of the missile interceptor, 5 is the air intake to the small jet engine inside the missile interceptor made out of spherical steel ball. 6 is the thrust deviator where the thrust from the small jet engine is channelled in deferent directions so as to cause the missile interceptor move forward, climb, descend or turn towards its target. 7 also is the jet's exhaust that produces thrust but this is fixed and produces thrust in a vertical position only, this would keep the missile interceptor stationary at heights and in flight.

While figures 3 and 4 shows the missile interceptor's side view and top view respectively Figure 5 shows the inside of the missile interceptor, 8 is the small jet engine which takes in air at 5 and exhaust K producing thrust at 6 and 7. 7 produces thrust vertical only, which keeps the missile interceptor, balanced, steady and stationary in the air while 6 moves about thereby make the missile interceptor move forward, climb, descend or tum.

When the thrust deviator 6 is pointing backwards the missile interceptor moves forward. If K is pointing upwards the missile interceptor would descend and if the it is pointing downwards the missile interceptor would climb. The thrust deviator moves in such a way guided by radar moves towards its target.

The missile interceptor is also fitted with an explosive jacket that detonates the missile on impact. It also has radar to guide the missile interceptor to the missile.

Claims (2)

1. Claims 1. A missile interceptor which runs into the path of an incoming

   missile to a fighter aircraft and destroys the missile, the interceptor being powered by a small jet engine and steered by the engine thrust channelled to different directions
2. 2. The jet engine thrust in claim 1 which is channelled to different directions causes the interceptor to move forward, climb, turn or descend towards its target.