[Travis McGee]

Posted above.

Ballistic is no longer used in a limited sense, and ICBMs have always had mid course guidance systems. In this case, the reentry guided warhead is delivered to a “basket”, which covers all possible positions of the ship (30 kts just doesn’t take you far in 10 minutes). The reentry vehicle then guides the warhead into the ship using either radar, IR, or a combination of both.

13 posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 8:38:36 AM by SampleMan

[central_va]

Ballistic is no longer used in a limited sense, and ICBMs have always had mid course guidance systems. In this case, the reentry guided warhead is delivered to a “basket”, which covers all possible positions of the ship (30 kts just doesn’t take you far in 10 minutes). The reentry vehicle then guides the warhead into the ship using either radar, IR, or a combination of both.

If it has an active terminal guidance system then it is not a ballistic weapon. It is some kind of hybrid.

Any terminal homing IR etc. will be detectable. If it uses GPS then it won't work in wartime as GPS sats will be disabled.

[CodeToad]

Just an idea of what warhead reentry looks like. (Some of my fun past)

Water Impact

Land Impact

Peace Keeper (MX) Re-Entry