Numerical evaluation of an air-to-air missile radar cross section signature at X-band

Abstract: The remote detection of a vehicle requires that some kinds of its emissions are tracked and detected. Usually, electromagnetic emissions are used in the form of radar (electromagnetic waves in the range of radiofrequency and microwaves). Different types of antennas are used as sensors, tailored to the signal frequency band and its polarization, as well as to the target distance (higher gain antennas used for low amplitude signals). For the specific case of radars, the use of computational methods to address the electromagnetic signature (spatial pattern of the scattered energy from t...