Schanck, Richard Wayne2023-04-202023-04-201983http://hdl.handle.net/10919/114614Advances in strategic missile systems are needed to provide a capability to attack targets that are hardened and, perhaps defended. In this study a point-mass simulation employing an advanced guidance law is examined for its accuracy and evasive capabilities. A nonlinear programming (NLP} formulation is used to pose a problem of optimal evasive-maneuvering. The resulting NLP problem is solved numerically by an advanced gradient-projection algorithm.v, 57 leavesapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1983.S323Guided missiles -- Testing -- Mathematical modelsThesis