Simulation Research on New Model of Air-to-Air Missile Attack Zone

The air-to-air missile attack zone is the key indicator for measuring air-to-air missile weapon systems. In the traditional air-to-air missile attack zone model, only when our aircraft is in the same line with the target, the missile can hit the target. The missile off-axis angle is added to make the missile hit the target at a certain angle. Firstly, the dichotomy is used to search for the boundary of the near-infrared attack zone. Secondly, the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method is used to calculate the missile trajectory to determine whether the hit condition is met. Finally, the boundary of the attack zone that satisfies the condition is calculated. The experimental simulation results show that the target entry angle is 0 degrees to 360 degrees, and the missile off-axis angle is between 0–30 degrees. When the missile off-axis angle is larger, the target entry angle is between 45 degrees and 150 degrees. The scope of the missile attack zone becomes smaller, and the range of the attack zone between 240 degrees and 360 degrees becomes larger. Simulation experiments show that even if our aircraft and the target are not in the same line, we can launch missiles, which has great application value for the pilot to decide whether to launch missile hit targets.