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TERCOM

Terrain contour matching, or TERCOM, is a navigation system used primarily by cruise missiles. It uses a contour map of the terrain that is compared with measurements made during flight by an on-board radar altimeter. A TERCOM system considerably increases the accuracy of a missile compared with inertial navigation systems (INS). The increased accuracy…

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Comparison with other guidance systems

Missiles that employ TERCOM navigation

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TERCOM

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related to Missiles that employ TERCOM navigation · 30
TERCOM → AGM-129 ACM, AGM-86B, AS-15 Kent, Babur, BGM-109 Tomahawk, C-602, China, CSS-N-8 Saccade, DH-10, HongNiao, III, Iskander, Kh-101, Kh-55 Granat NATO, Kh-555, Newer Russian, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, SOM
related to Optical contour matching · 15
TERCOM → Air Materiel Command, AM, ATRAN, Automatic Terrain Recognition And, Goodyear ATRAN, In, In August, June, MGM-1 Matador, MGM-13 Mace, Navigation, Preparation, The, The Goodyear Aircraft Corporation, This
related to DSMAC, Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator · 12
TERCOM → CCDs, DSMAC, Due, GPS, Gulf War, It, Likewise, Modern, Since, The, The DSMAC, Tomahawk Block II
related to Disadvantages · 7
TERCOM → GPS, If, Improvements, TERCOM-based, The, The INS, This
related to Altitude matching · 5
TERCOM → As, Modern TERCOM, The, This, Using
related to TAINS · 5
TERCOM → Due, Instead, TAINS, TERCOM-Aided Inertial Navigation System, These
related to Advantages · 3
TERCOM → Their, This, Use

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TERCOMrelated to Altitude matchingModern TERCOM0.60section
TERCOMrelated to Altitude matchingUsing0.60section
TERCOMrelated to Altitude matchingAs0.60section
TERCOMrelated to Altitude matchingThe0.60section
TERCOMrelated to Altitude matchingThis0.60section
TERCOMrelated to DisadvantagesThe0.60section
TERCOMrelated to DisadvantagesIf0.60section
TERCOMrelated to DisadvantagesThe INS0.60section
TERCOMrelated to DisadvantagesThis0.60section

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