Decision Making on the Air to Beyond Visual Range Target Strike of Shipborne Weapons with Adjustable Muzzle Velocity

The biggest difference between shipborne weapons with adjustable muzzle velocity and traditional naval guns is that the muzzle velocity of the projectile can be variable. Based on those characteristics, this paper establishes a hit probability model for air targets. The influence of target encounter points on the single-shot hit probability is analyzed. The changes of the cumulative hit probability of whole-route continuous-shot under the different conditions of fixed muzzle velocity and variable muzzle velocity are studied. Based on this analysis, the strike strategy for over-the-horizon air targets is proposed, that is, long-distance point fire and close-range continuous fire, so as to achieve better strike effect with a lower strike cost.