Guided Missile Initiation Technologies, Now and Tomorrow

유도무기 착화기술의 현황과 발전 전망

The comparative evaluation/analysis of the initiation technologies currently being used, and the advanced initiation technologies currently being developed lot the aerospace and defense applications was performed. The evaluation criteria used were the compliance, performance, reliability, safety, and cost. The results clearly indicate that there is no one single initiation technology that will satisfy entire spectrum of initiation system requirements. Each initiation system architecture would require different initiation technologies that will satisfy the overall system performance requirements. However, laser initiation, particularly, the laser diode initiation has been getting more attention in recent years. The laser diode initiation, for most part, eliminates EMI and ESD concerns. In addition, laser diode initiation system can also be designed into relatively small packages, are optically connected systems by very light weight cables, are relatively easily designed to meet variety of initiation system requirements. Due to the these compelling factors, laser diode initiation has potential of becoming common initiation systems for many different aerospace and defense application.

세계 여러나라의 유도무기체계에 적용되고 있거나 개발중인 착화기술의 개략적인 특성과 장단점을 제시하고, 각 기술의 수행능력인 성능, 신뢰성, 안전성, 가격 등을 비교 분석하였다. 분석결과, 어느 무기체계에서나 만족될 수 있는 만능적인 착화기술은 없으며 적용요구조건과 비용에 따라 각기 특별한 장단점을 가진다. 그러나 현재 선진국에서 개발되어 시험 적용되고 있는 다이오드 레이져를 이용한 착화방법은 본질적인 잇점들 때문에 차후 유도무기 착화기술에 지배적으로 사용될 것으로 판단된다.