Ballistic Missile/Radar Visualizer (v3.1 - Multi-Sensor)

NOTE: This is an ugly planet, a bug planet...these should be treated as very rough approximations.

NOTE II: An important point to be made for BMD radars is that they work both ways -- you can track your own outbound missile trajectories for "quality", i.e. are your ICBMs following their programmed trajectories, or will their RV's miss their target by "x" amount?

NOTE III: Keith Baylor's simulation for a LGM-30B Minuteman IB on a maximum range (5500 n.mi / 10,186 km) trajectory has the following parameters:

NOTE IV: Thor missile characteristics from the 8 July 1958 XSM-75 Standard Missile Characteristics were:




300 km SS-1 SCUD-B: 300~ km apogee, 70s flight time.
2780 km Thor IRBM Trajectory: 650~ km apogee, 17 min (1020s) flight time.
10,000 km "Lofted" Trajectory: 2300 km Apogee, 42 min (2520s) flight time, 35 deg re-entry
10,000 km "Min-Energy" Trajectory: 1200 km Apogee, 31 min (1860s) flight time, 23 deg re-entry
10,000 km "Depressed" Trajectory: 900 km Apogee, 28 min (1680s) flight time, 15 deg re-entry
LGM-30B Minuteman I Maximum Range Trajectory: 10,186 km, 1640 km Apogee, 37.5 min (2250s) flight time
For Early ICBMs, to shorten the range; you increased Apogee (and flight time)
SS-1 SCUD-B: 30-sec burn time
SS-6 SAPWOOD (R-7A): 325-sec burn time
SS-18 SATAN / SS-25 (RT-2PM Topol): 300-sec burn time
SS-11 Mod 1 SEGO (UR-100): 260-sec burn time
Minuteman I: 180-sec burn time
Thor IRBM: 160-sec burn time
Kinetic Energy Interceptor: 60-sec burn time

Sensors:

The stock sensor values for detection ranges are "eyeball" guesses against a "Standard" target, the Mk 12 RV [181 cm long, 54 cm base diameter, 0.005 m2 RCS at 4300 - 153 MHz at 0 degree aspect (head-on)].

Multipliers to adjust sensor values for differing targets/aspects are:

MM2 Mk 11C RV: 0.74x Head-On | 1.861x Broadside
MM3 Mk 12 RV: 1x Head-On | 3x Broadside
 Titan 2 Mk 6 RV: 3.85x Head-On | 4.91x Broadside
PBV: 2x Head-On | 5x Broadside
Upper Stage Stack: 3.35x Head-On | 8x Broadside [PBV+Second Stage]
Complete Missile Stack: 4.1x Head-On | 10x Broadside [PBV+Second Stage+First Stage]

NOTE: The stock sensor values are for rough "detect+track" S/N Ratios of 20. If you want extremely high quality discrimination (S/N 200) values, divide the stock values by 1.78

NOTE II: You can estimate new multipliers HERE.
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Coordinates (lat, lng)
Height (m)
Max Range (km)
Boresight (°)
FoV (°)
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Color Coding:

Red Line: Outside of FOV/Range for all sensors.
Green Line: Within FOV+Range for *any* sensor.
Orange Circle: Burnout Point (Approx.)
Blue Circle: Apogee (Approx.)

Pink Shading: Specified range covered from selected launch point.

Known SLBM Ranges:
5000 to 6000 km: 10-15~ day transit length to patrol areas for US SSBNs

Polaris A-1: 2600 km
Polaris A-2: 2800 km
Polaris A-3TK: 3600 km (Chevaline: 2xRV)
Polaris A-3: 4600 km
Poseidon C-3: 5900 km (10xRV) | 4600 km (14xRV)
Trident I C-4: 7400 km (8xRV)
Trident II D-5: 7600 km (8xRV) | 9100 km (6xRV) | 11,500 km (4xRV)

Known MIRV Bus Footprints are:
Minuteman III (ΔV = 381 m/s) = 555.6 x 1666.8 km @

Range: — km | Apogee: — km | TOF: — s | Boost: — s | Accel: — km/s²