Maneuvering boosting missile tracking using agile filters

Recently Russia has tested several times an improved version of an ICBM (Topol and Topol-M) that are said to be able to penetrate any missile defense system. The proposal addresses the threat posed by such advanced Russian missile technology. The proposed effort is then addressing an extension of the monocular passive ranging (MPR) technique to space based sensors. If MPR from space is accurate enough, it would allow a single space tracking system to fix 3D position of boosting threat like the Topol missiles and establish a track file on such targets. Early fix and track file shortens the CBMC2 timeline and improves the kill probability of the target. The proposed capability could negate the measures that the advanced Topol missile may be using during boost phase to avoid BPI. Passive ranging over the entire boost stage requires spectral techniques that work from the troposphere, through the stratosphere, mesosphere, and into the thermosphere during day and night and under various background and target scenarios. Agile filters may provide the required MPR capability. The proposed investigation will assess the feasibility and accuracy and develop a CONOPS for boost phase maneuvering target track file development. Range retrieval will use a combination of target models such as SPURC / CHARM along with atmospheric RT model such as SAMM that consider high altitude LTE and NLTE, combined with OKSI's ASCOPE technique for solving inverse problems.