摘要 |
An apparatus (20) for destroying a target underwater object (22) includes a targeting system (28) and a gun system (32). The targeting system (28) has a laser (52) which produces a laser beam (30), a laser ranging sensor (56) sensitive to reflections (54) of the laser beam (30) from an underwater object (90), and electronic circuitry that determines the position of the target underwater object (90) using an output signal of the laser ranging sensor (56). The gun system (32) includes a gimballed gun that fires a projectile and is pointed at the underwater object (90) by the targeting system (28). The targeting system (28) may be operated to track the projectile (34) in the water as well as the target object (90) to be destroyed, and to correct the aim of the gun according to the relative position of the target object (90) and the projectile (34).
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