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I've actually heard of research into putting celestial navigation in guided missiles (from people who've worked on it -- so the idea that this is possible seems
by amalcon 3y ago
I've actually heard of research into putting celestial navigation in guided missiles (from people who've worked on it -- so the idea that this is possible seems to not be a secret). Cameras and optics have become good enough to make this plausible with those kind of constraints.
I don't know if it's been deployed, but I would not be surprised.
- nradov 3y agoSome ballistic missiles have already been using celestial navigation operationally for decades. That is used primarily during the mid-course phase, and then they switch over to inertial (or maybe radar in a few cases) for the terminal phase.
- kcb 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGM-133_Trident_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGM-133_Trident_II