Potential Applications Of Video Disc Technology To Missile Guidance
Abstract
This paper explores the application of video disc digital storage technology to cruise missiles. A brief summary of current and near term video disc data storage technology is provided and then several cruise missile mission applications which depend on the availability of an onboard storage system capable of storing 10-100 billion bits of data are discussed.
- Publication:
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Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- December 1980
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1980SPIE..238..194O
- Keywords:
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- Cruise Missiles;
- Missile Control;
- Optical Memory (Data Storage);
- Rotating Disks;
- Technology Utilization;
- Terrain Analysis;
- Video Data;
- Aerial Reconnaissance;
- Contours;
- Data Bases;
- Data Recording;
- Image Processing;
- Pattern Recognition;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking